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Scarab
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This scarab has a flat underside without a bottom design. The design of the back is very detailed with fine incised hatch marks and shoulder marks, and irregular line flow. The proportions of the top are well balanced. The workmanship is excellent and the piece is elaborately made.
The scarab functioned as a funerary amulet with a renewal connotation, and could have been an inlay of a pectoral or a heart scarab. The piece 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.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1/2 x W: 7/8 x L: 1 1/4 in. (1.3 x 2.3 x 3.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1913
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.
42.383