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Scaraboid

Egyptian

Medium/Technique Faience
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .022 Length:
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.2742
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DescriptionFaience; bluish green; color much worn; no glaze; incrusted with brown; face modeled on convex back; lower face flat with incised hieroglyphics; hole lengthwise.
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.