scarab-mould
- Description
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Scarab mould in terracotta.
- Production date
- 600 BC - 570 BC (mainly)
- Curator's comments
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Object owned and held by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia. This record is included in the British Museum database as part of the Museum’s Naukratis Project, a research collaboration that aims to virtually re-unite finds from the ancient port city of Naukratis, now distributed over 80 museums worldwide.
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= EEF distribution list Philadelphia no. 7. Probably originally listed in Philadelphia under inv. No. E115 ("10 clay moulds" from Naukratis)
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Mould not found.
Glazed composition scarabs and scaraboids produced at Naukratis were usually cast and not carved or incised; this technique, highly characteristic of Naukratite productions, allowed a mass-production of these small objects which were mainly intended for export in the whole Mediterranean area and even as far as Southern Russia (Gorton 1996, 177-180, Fig. 35). Numerous terracotta moulds for scarabs, scaraboids and amulets were discovered at the site (on the various productions from the Scarab Factory see Webb, forthcoming). Petrie listed a number of variants for scarab-moulds such as this piece (Petrie 1886, 36-37, Pl. XXXVIII, 1-5).
Gorton, A.F. 1996, Egyptian and Egyptianizing scarabs: a typology of steatite, faience, and paste scarabs from Punic and other Mediterranean sites, Oxford, 177-180, Fig. 35.
Petrie, W. M. F. 1886, Naukratis. Part I., 1884-5 (Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund 3), London, 36-37, Pl. XXXVIII, 1-5.
Webb, V. forthcoming, Faience finds from Naukratis and their implications for the chronology of the site, in R. Thomas (ed.) forthcoming. Naukratis in Context I: The Nile Delta as a Landscape of Connectivity. Proceedings of the First Naukratis Project Workshop held at The British Museum 16th –17th December 2011.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: E403 (Accession Number)