Scarab Finger Ring
Object type: Ring, scarab, swivel
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Green jasper, gold
Dimensions: L. of scarab and bezel 1.8 cm (11/16 in); w. 1.3 cm (1/2 in); h. 0.8 cm (5/16 in)
H. of ring 1.7 cm (11/16 in); w. at bezel 2.2 cm (7/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: below the Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71)
Locus: burial 2, mummy, 3rd finger of left hand
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936
Tags: Scarabs