Gold box ring surmounted by a scarab, Classical, ca–310 B.C., Greek, gold, H.: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), Gold and Silver, On the underside of the box, kneeling Eros.. From the end of the third millennium B.C., the scarab beetle served as an amulet in Egypt where it represented the sun god. In the Greek world, beginning in the sixth century B
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Gold box ring surmounted, scarab, Classical, ca–310 B.C, Greek, gold, H, 1 1/4, 3.2 cm, Gold, Silver, underside, box, kneeling Eros., third millennium, scarab beetle, served, amulet, Egypt, represented, sun god, Greek world, sixth century, B
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