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Description: | ; Classification(s): scarab, scarab, carved; Acquisition: given by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1913 [E.46.1913]
Description: Steatite scarab, the base is decorated with three symbols that are roughly carved and difficult to determine. It is possible that the central figure is a uraeus (rearing cobra) that offers protection. The scarab is pierced lengthways 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 |
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