Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab Ring Bezel - Walters 42151 - Right.jpg This lapis lazuli scarab has a hawk-head figure wearing a ram's-horn crown carved into the back In his left hand is a staff from which a lotus blossom dangles century 4 BC Late Period-early Greco-Roman lapis lazuli modern gold mount cm 1 1 1 7 2 1 ; Max outer Diam cm 2 4 ; Max inner Diam cm 2 15 accession number 42 151 35459 H Hoffmann Collection until 1899 mode of acquisition unknown Charles Newton-Robinson London date and mode of acquisition unknown Charles Newton-Robinson Sale Christie Manson and Woods London June 22 1909 lot 1 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York 1909 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1909 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian finger rings in the Walters Art Museum |