EGYPTIAN BRONZE RING WITH STEATITE SCARAB

Middle Kingdom to Second Intermediate Period, Ca. 2055 - 1550 BC. A steatite scarab with the flat underside engraved with hieroglyphs, mounted in a bronze swivel ring with a rounded-section hoop. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA17212. Size: D:13.5mm / US: 2 1/4 / UK: D 1/2; Weight: 5.5g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1980s;