scarab

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Object Type: scarab
Museum number: EA17134
Description: White glazed composition scarab with a plain back; longitudinally pierced; the base is inscribed with the prenomen of Setnakht.
Cultures/periods: 20th Dynasty
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Mit Rahina (Memphis)
Materials: glazed composition
Technique: pierced; glazed
Dimensions: Height: 0.80 centimetres; Length: 1.80 centimetres; Width: 1.20 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject: royal
Bibliographic references: Hall 1913 / Catalogue of Egyptian scarabs, etc. in the British Museum (2306)
Location: Not on display
Condition: fair (chipped)
Associated names: Named in inscription: Setnakht
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Signor Luigi Vassalli
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA17134
Registration number: 1856,0814.6

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