Naturalistic Scarab

665-342 BCE (Late Period)

1.8 cm 2.4 cm 1.1 cm

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This naturalistic faience scarab has a high back with a detailed design of deeply incised hatch lines on the wing cases. It has irregular line flow, the pattern is unevenly spaced, and the proportions of the top are balanced. The bottom of the scarab has modeled body structure...

Artifact

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28689
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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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