Scarab with ""Udjat"" Eyes

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

1.8 cm 0.9 cm 2.4 cm

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This steatite scarab is the bezel of a finger ring. Its flat underside is incised with a vertically arranged design of a pair of facing, connected "Udjat" eyes with script signs below. The design of the back of the scarab is simple with short and aligned carved side-notches an...

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3908
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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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