Scarab

664-525 BCE (Late Period)

2.2 cm 1.4 cm 2.9 cm

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This faience scarab is the centerpiece of a winged scarab amulet with a flat underside and drill-holes at the bottom. The design of the back is very detailed, with deeply incised hatch lines for the wing cases and irregular line flow. The pattern is unevenly spaced, the propor...

Artifact

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19027
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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3
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