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Finger Ring with Frog
c. 1353–1337 BCE
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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 <em>nefer</em>-sign to the right and a <em>wedjat</em>-eye.
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Details
- Title: Finger Ring with Frog
- Date Created: c. 1353–1337 BCE
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.); Overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade (1857–1926 and 1857–1917), gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Jewelry
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.658
- Medium: gold
- Fun Fact: An exact duplicate of this ring, apart from the inscription, is in the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh.
- Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Culture: Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten (1351–1334 BCE)
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
- Collection: Egypt - New Kingdom
- Accession Number: 1916.658
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