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Description: | ; Classification(s): scarab, scarab, carved; Acquisition: bequeathed by Gayer-Anderson, R.G., 1943 [E.GA.1451.1943]
Description: Steatite scarab in the form of small beetle on a larger base, the base is inscribed with hieroglyphs including an image of the god Thoth in the form of a baboon, the seated man with hand to mouth determinative and a cobra. This type of smaller scarab is found in the Ramesside period. 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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