Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab Ring Bezel - Walters 42388 - Back.jpg Sheet gold neatly molded across the back and around the edges of a lapis lazuli scarab forms the surface into which finely detailed hieroglyphs are chased A ring of sheet gold was added around the perforations at either end The inscription reads Chiefs of The Priestly Guild of Horus which suggests that the ring was a mark of professional status between 1186 1070 BC late New Kingdom lapis lazuli gold setting cm 0 7 1 1 5 accession number 42 388 34999 Maurice Nahman Cairo date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 Translation Leaders of the priestly group phyle of Horus 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 |