Scarab with Pseudo-text

late 19th-early 20th century (modern)

5.9 cm 3.3 cm 8.7 cm

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The ancient Egyptians believed that the dung beetle, the Scarabaeus sacer, was one of the manifestations of the sun god. Representations of these beetles were used as amulets, and for ritual or administrative purposes. The back of this large scarab has its highest point at the...

Artifact

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38790
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object
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provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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4
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