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Heart scarab
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .076 H. .098 W. .095 TH.
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.771
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Mummy trappings
DescriptionDark grayish-green stone; human faced scarab in center, with a pair of human arms; Horus-head and uraeus on each side; border of tassels; incised hieroglyphics on reverse.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.