It was carven--it could not possibly have been its natural shape, but jewels do not show the working of the tool--into the shape of a scarab, with its wings folded, and its legs and feelers pressed back to its sides.

Shining through its wondrous "pigeon's blood" colour were seven different stars, each of seven points, in such position that they reproduced exactly the figure of the Plough.

There could be no possible mistake as to this in the mind of anyone who had ever noted the constellation.
On it were some hieroglyphic figures, cut with the most exquisite precision, as I could see when it came to my turn to use the magnifying-glass, which Mr.Trelawny took from his pocket and handed to us.
When we all had seen it fully, Mr.Trelawny turned it over so that it rested on its back in a cavity made to hold it in the upper half of the box.

The reverse was no less wonderful than the upper, being carved to resemble the under side of the beetle.

It, too, had some hieroglyphic figures cut on it.