Scarab with Resting Griffon

ca. 1648-1539 BCE (Second Intermediate Period; late MB IIB)

1.2 cm 0.7 cm 1.7 cm

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This faience scarab has a flat underside with a horizontally arranged design of a resting griffon with raised head, wings, and tail above a script sign. The piece was formed in a mold. The design of the back is very simply modeled. The workmanship is slightly rough and the pie...

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