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Ring with scarab with king
Near Eastern, Levantine, Phoenician
Archaic Period
6th–early 5th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Green chalcedony
Dimensions
Length: 12 mm (1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.712
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Gems
DescriptionIntaglio. Scarab set in ancient gold bezel, with two circular indentations for attachment to a ring. Assyrian king striding left, holding a scepter in left hand, and mace in right hand. Exergue with hatching.
Beetle: Item on view, thus unable to describe beetle.
Beetle: Item on view, thus unable to describe beetle.
ProvenanceBy 1897, Michal Tyszkiewicz (b. 1828 - d. 1897), Rome; June 8 - 10, 1898, posthumous Tyszkiewicz sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 253 (said to be from Cyprus). 1898, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Rome and London; 1898, sold by Warren to the MFA for $69,618.13 [see note]. (Accession Date: September 20, 1898)
Note: This is the total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.
Note: This is the total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.