Scarab with Personal Wish Formula

664-405 BCE (Late Period)

1.1 cm 0.7 cm 1.5 cm

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This steatite scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged bottom inscription with a personal wish formula. The top of the piece has a very detailed, deeply incised design with slightly irregular line flow and almost balanced proportions. The workmanship is good and...

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1123
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 [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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