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Scarab
Egyptian
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .018 Length: .012 W.
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number87.700
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionOnyx; half is opaque white and the rest yellow-red; incised details on back; lower face flat and plain.
ProvenanceTell Dafana (Daphnae). 1886: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; presented to the MFA at EEF fifth annual general meeting; sent over June 1, 1887.