Scarab with Script Signs

ca. 1794-1539 BCE (Late Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period; MB IIB)

1.1 cm 0.8 cm 1.7 cm

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This steatite scarab was originally glazed. It has a flat underside with a vertically arranged bottom design with a combination of seven different script signs, six of which appear twice. The design of the scarab's back is simple with short aligned side-notches and well balanc...

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28134
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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6
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