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English: Probable finger-ring bezel in the form of a scarab beetle, made from copper alloy. The hoop is missing, but the shoulders (the junction of hoop and bezel) are decorated with a bold beaded moulding. In between the shoulders the bezel is oval, the edge flat but most of the space filled with a slightly smaller solid convex oval. This is decorated with engraved lines; a pair run transversely dividing the oval into a smaller and larger half, and a single line divides the larger half into two. The lines create a scarab shape. On the reverse of the bevel is a crudely engraved design consisting of a longitudinal line crossed by a figure-of-eight, with a pair short transverse lines crossing above and what may be a single transverse line below. Short diagonal lines emerge from the figure-of-eight giving the impression of a diagonal cross.

Scarabs are relatively common amulets in Ancient Egypt, but in glass, stone or ceramic, not metal. There was also a fashion for scarabs during the Etruscan and Roman Republican periods, but Martin Henig has ruled this date out for this particular object. The other main period of scarab use was in the 19th century, when there was a fashion for 'archaeological' jewellery and Egyptian revivals, particularly between 1800 and 1825 and in the 1870s and 1880s.

Martin Henig has suggested that the design on the reverse may be Masonic. British Freemasonry was expanding during the 19th century, culminating with the appointment of Edward Prince of Wales as Grand Master in 1874, and the scarab has occasionally been used as a Masonic symbol.

In common with other scarabs on the PAS database (e.g. SWYOR-4476F2, LON-AF19A7), the date of this object is therefore probably 19th century.