Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Scarab Amulet
946-525 BC (Third Intermediate-early Late Period)
serpentine, brown with beige inclusions
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
Scarab with flat underside and without bottom design. Such a scarab was a funerary amulet with a connotation of renewal. The scarab is pierced and was originally mounted or threaded.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Mr. Sewell C. Biggs, Middletown, Delaware, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1984, by gift.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 1/8 × W: 1 3/8 × D: 1 15/16 in. (2.9 × 3.5 × 5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Sewell C. Biggs, 1984
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
1984.30.5