Scarab seal

Museum number:
5-7517
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Seal. Scarab. Possibly bone. Lengthwise cracking. Rudely carved. No elytra or protothorax. Legs are two parallel lines. Reverse- incised branch design. Length 1.65 cm. Width 1.18 cm. Height 6.9 mm.
Donor:
Kathryn G. Overstreet
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Egypt unknown
Collector:
Roy Overstreet
Collection date:
before 1968
Materials:
Bone (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Scarabs (carvings) and Scarab seals
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7517, described as Seal. Scarab. Possibly bone. Lengthwise cracking. Rudely carved. No elytra or protothorax. Legs are two parallel lines. Reverse- incised branch design. Length 1.65 cm. Width 1.18 cm. Height 6.9 mm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7517, described as Seal. Scarab. Possibly bone. Lengthwise cracking. Rudely carved. No elytra or protothorax. Legs are two parallel lines. Reverse- incised branch design. Length 1.65 cm. Width 1.18 cm. Height 6.9 mm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7517, described as Seal. Scarab. Possibly bone. Lengthwise cracking. Rudely carved. No elytra or protothorax. Legs are two parallel lines. Reverse- incised branch design. Length 1.65 cm. Width 1.18 cm. Height 6.9 mm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7517, described as Seal. Scarab. Possibly bone. Lengthwise cracking. Rudely carved. No elytra or protothorax. Legs are two parallel lines. Reverse- incised branch design. Length 1.65 cm. Width 1.18 cm. Height 6.9 mm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7517, described as Seal. Scarab. Possibly bone. Lengthwise cracking. Rudely carved. No elytra or protothorax. Legs are two parallel lines. Reverse- incised branch design. Length 1.65 cm. Width 1.18 cm. Height 6.9 mm.

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