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Winged scarab and beads
Egyptian
Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic Dynasty)
305–30 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 1.02 Length: Scarab - .063 Length: x .143 W. including wings
Credit Line
Gift from the Estate of Professor Henry Williamson Haynes
Accession Number12.687
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionLarge winged dark blue glazed scarab pierced for attaching to mummy linens; good condition. Strung with twenty long cylindrical blue-glaze beads, a number of small disc beads of blue, brown, red and yellow faience also one wedjat amulet.
ProvenanceGift of the Estate of Professor Henry Williamson Haynes, through Miss Sarah H. Blanchard