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Scarab

Egyptian

Medium/Technique Stone
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .019 Length: .016 W.
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.924
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionLight bluish-green stone, mottled with white; incised parallel lines on back; cross-rib on lower face; no hole.
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.