Silver swivel ring with glazed steatite scarab in a gold setting

Silver swivel ring with glazed steatite scarab in a gold setting

Description:

Swivel ring with Egyptian glazed steatite scarab with double footed ankh sign between crowned uraeus snakes.



The type of ring is Phoenician in origin. Both the scarab and the technique of glazing steatite are connected with Egypt. Like the pendants with scarabs, the swivel rings were very widely distributed.


Other: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

699 - 480 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. pl. xxvi, 6, London: John Murray.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4180, p. 418, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.4180