A ROMAN CARNELIAN RING STONE
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The convex oval stone engraved with a falcon-headed crocodile wearing a solar-disk, a woman seated on a rock before him; mounted as a ring in a 19th century gold setting
in. (1.03 cm.) wide; ring size 9
來源
Acquired by the current owner in the 1980s.
拍品專文
According to Andrews (Amulets of Ancient Egypt, p. 27), the falcon-headed crocodile with a solar-disk represents the composite form of the god Sobk-Re.