scarab

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Object Type
Museum number: EA30547
Description: Blue glazed (traces of) steatite scarab, elytra marked, elytra marked with double suture, pierced longitudinally, base decorated with spirals surrounding nomen.
Cultures/periods: Middle Kingdom (?); Second Intermediate (?)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Saqqara (Memphis) (?)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 1.09 centimetres; Length: 2.64 centimetres; Width: 1.89 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Martin, Egyptian Administrative and Private-Name Seals, no. 120
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: good, glaze worn away
Associated names
Acquisition name
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA30547
Registration number: 1899,0311.53

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