Scarabs

Museum number:
6-10554
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
4 scarabs, of unglazed faience, crude, no inscription. Length 13.5 mm - width 9.8 mm - height 5.9 mm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 741, Cemetery 700, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 500; G749 Cemetery 500
Culture or time period:
5th Dynasty of Egypt (2494–2345 BC) and 6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903
Materials:
Faience (composite material)
Person depicted:
Khepri (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Scarabs (carvings)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Scarabs, accession number 6-10554, described as 4 scarabs, of unglazed faience, crude, no inscription. Length 13.5 mm - width 9.8 mm - height 5.9 mm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Scarabs, accession number 6-10554, described as 4 scarabs, of unglazed faience, crude, no inscription. Length 13.5 mm - width 9.8 mm - height 5.9 mm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarabs, accession number 6-10554, described as 4 scarabs, of unglazed faience, crude, no inscription. Length 13.5 mm - width 9.8 mm - height 5.9 mm.

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