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Heart scarab
Egyptian
Late Period
664–332 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Dark stone
Dimensions
Length: 5.1 cm (2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number56.1260
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionThe scarab is summarily modeled. Head, clypeas indicated. The base is uninscribed.
ProvenanceBeseriani Collection, Naples; Luigi Vassalli Collection (d. 1887); Horace L. Mayer Collection, by 1956; gift of Horace L. Mayer,