Cleveland Museum of Art
Finger Ring with Frog
- Date
- c. 1353–1337 BCE
- Medium
- gold
- Culture
- Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten (1351–1334 BCE)
- Department
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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. An exact duplicate of this ring, apart from the inscription, is in the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh.
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