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Heart scarab
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .073 Length: .047 W.
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.966
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionGrayish-black stone; surface scratched; back has incised details; lower face flat with eleven horizontal parallel lines of incised hieroglyphics; traces of gilding; good condition; 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.