scarab

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Object Type: scarab
Museum number: EA42746
Description: Faded grey steatite scarab, inscribed with the name of Neh.
Cultures/periods: Second Intermediate
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: F A F Mariette (?)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Nile Delta (?)
Materials: steatite
Dimensions: Length: 1.70 centimetres; Width: 1.10 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject: private
Curator's comments: Martin Egyptian Admin and Private-name Seals (1971) cat no.759 [pl.39.4].
Location: Not on display
Condition: good
Associated names: Named in inscription: Neh
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Selim Khalil Bey (?)
Acquisition date: 1906
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA42746
Registration number: 1906,0514.567

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