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Heart scarab
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .05 Length: .041 W.
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.978
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionDark greenish-brown stone; smooth back with incised details; lower face flat, with five horizontal parallel bands of incised hieroglyphica; hole sidewise; traces of gilding; good condition.
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.