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Scarab
Egyptian
New Kingdom?
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gammai, Grave E 42
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: L 0.0225 W. 0.0155 H. 0.0105
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Oric Bates
Accession Number24.374
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionSteatite. Set in bronze (?) frame. Seal shows two eyes and several hieroglyphic signs symmetrically arranged.
ProvenanceFrom Gammai, Nubia (Sudan), Grave E 42, object #2. 1915-6: excavated by Oric Bates & Dows Dunham for the Harvard Peabody Museum; 1916: assigned to Oric Bates in the division of finds with the Sudanese government; Sept. 4, 1924: given to the MFA by Mrs. Oric Bates.