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Scarab
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .024 Length: .016 W.
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.3367
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionFaience; brownish white; tinge of light green; slight glaze; color worn; incised details on back; incised hieroglyphics on lower face; hole lengthwise; edges broken; dull lines.
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.