
WALTERS-EG
<p>The sheet gold which frames the flat side of this scarab of blue translucent stone is neatly tucked into the legs of the insect. No seams are visible. The hieroglyphs on the back are finely carved. There is an owl above and a hawk which has feathering indicated.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.64' rel='external'>Scarab Ring Bezel</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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