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Scarab
Canaanite
Early Middle Bronze Age IIB
1700-1640 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: Length: .020
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.375
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionInscribed. White stone. Poor condition. Pierced. Oval inscribed with a so-called anra-sequence flanked by nefer and ankh signs, nb-basket below and three-stemmed papyrus plant with drooping stems above.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 3, debris in front of tomb. March 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: 1921)