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Scarab Ring Bezel

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Description

<p>The sheet gold which frames the flat side of this scarab of blue translucent stone is neatly tucked into the legs of the insect. No seams are visible. The hieroglyphs on the back are finely carved. There is an owl above and a hawk which has feathering indicated.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.64' rel='external'>Scarab Ring Bezel</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Oval gold bezel inset with a blue-green (amazonite-like) stone bearing a recessed/engraved scarab-related motif.

The image shows the bezel of a ring or signet with a rounded-oval outer rim in gold. Inside the rim is a blue-grey/green stone with visible surface abrasions and staining. The stone preserves an engraved design that appears to depict a scarab beetle (dorsal outline and legs/body segments are visible) with additional hieroglyphic-like elements integrated into the composition. No clear royal cartouche or legible divine name is visible in the provided image. There is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text; any markings are part of the iconography within the stone rather than clearly readable inscriptions.

decorative unknown (likely ancient Egyptian, but exact date unclear from image only) fragmentary
Materials gold settingblue-grey amazonite (stone core)

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

[Translation] Henut-mj-pa-Har-si-ese.

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 42.64 tier-2
  • Walters-id 14570 tier-2

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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.