350, Lot: 701. Estimate $250. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Lower Egypt or Levant. Circa 1800-1500 BC. Steatite scarab mounted on bronze ring (22x18mm [dimensions of scarab], 35x32 [dimensions of ring]). Base of scarab with two pairs of Uraei facing each other; between lower pair, a bird (Ba bird?); sun above bird, the hieroglyph
nb (“Lord”) below. Ring heavily encrusted and with a break below one knob.