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Description: | ; Classification(s): scarab, scarab, carved; Acquisition: bequeathed by Edward Towry Whyte, 1932 [E.138.1932]
Description: Steatite scarab with patchy traces of a blue glaze on the surface. The scarab is inscribed with 'Nebmaatre (Amenhotep III) nakht-pedjut (who subdues the Nine Bows) and is a reference to the King's role as defender of Egypt. The star and label are a reference to a previous collection. | 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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