Scarab Finger Ring Inscribed "God's Wife Hatshepsut"
Object type: Ring, scarab, Hatshepsut, God's Wife
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Steatite (glazed), silver
Dimensions: Ring:  w. 2.4 cm (15/16 in); l. with setting 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in); h. 1.3 cm (1/2 in)
Scarab: l. 1.4 cm (9/16 in); w. 1.2 cm (1/2 in); th. 0.7 cm (1/4 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb CC 37, Hall (C)
Locus: burial 21, third finger of man's left hand
Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Scarabs