|
Date: |
|
Description: | ; Classification(s): scarab, scarab; Acquisition: bequeathed by McClean, Frank (1837-1904), 1904 [E.29.1904]
Description: Steatite scarab inscribed on the base with a winged scarab and double plume motif; the scarab is flanked by two hawks or vultures, offering protection. This type of scarab was contemporary with Tuthmosis III, in the 18th dynasty. The scarab is pierced vertically through the centre. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | scarab | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
|
|