Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten (1351–1334 BCE) / c. 1353–1337 BCE
Finger Ring with Frog
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Finger Ring with Frog as jewelry (Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten (1351–1334 BCE) · c. 1353–1337 BCE).
An exact duplicate of this ring, apart from the inscription, is in the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this jewelry as gold.
The museum's collection notes: The shank or band of this ring is crescent-shaped and circular in section; its upper sections are covered with heavy gold wire. The oval bezel on a swivel, the metal that holds the stone, takes the form of a scaraboid, or seal amulet in the shape of a scarab. Its sides are encircled by a double row of granules and are surmounted by a delicately molded frog in the round. The underside is incised with a nefer -sign to the right and a wedjat -eye.
FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
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