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Description: | ; Classification(s): scarab, scaraboid, carved; Acquisition: bequeathed, 1932 [E.34.1932]
Description: Basalt scaraboid, in the form of the Egyptian hieroglyph for a heart. This type of scaboid was used in a funerary context. The object was originally covered in gold leaf and resin; traces of both remian on the surface. Inscribed on the base with a spell and with two lines of inscribed hieroglyphs on the top. The top of the scarab is pierced. | 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: | scaraboid 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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