An Egyptian Gold and Jasper Ring Bezel, late 18th Dynasty, ca. 1479 - 1295 BCE Price - $5500 - $10000 then the core was scraped

then the core was scraped out

Throughout the Parthian Empire

Sumer Gallery

Hard-edge painting

The legs are inscribed with part of Chapter 6 of The Book of The Dead in nine rows of incised hieroglyphs that names the owner as Wah-ib-re-em-akhet

An Egyptian Gold and Jasper Ring Bezel, late 18th Dynasty, ca. 1479 - 1295 BCE Price - $5500 - $10000 then the core was scrapedThe Egyptian name for red jasper is khenmet, to delight, linking the positive aspects of red with connotations of energy, dynamism, power, and even life itself. For the Egyptians, it was the red stone par excellence, and this cowrie shaped ring bezel of exceptional red jasper, mounted in high karat gold, is indeed a delight. The stone is softly polished to a fine sheen, the setting constructed from a strip of gold foil wrapped around the sides of the