EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SCARAB IN GOLD SWIVEL RING. Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A green glazed faience scarab modelled with naturalistic features and a flat underside engraved with a hieroglyphic inscription. It is set within an oval-shaped gold frame attached to a solid hoop, allowing it to swivel within the setting. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. Size: D:18.54mm / US: 8 1/2 / UK: Q 1/2; Weight: 4.27g Provenance: Private Swiss collection; Ex. Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.