Scarab with inscription

Museum number:
5-14270
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3599
Description:
Scarab (fake); very crudely carved plaster; painted or dyed blue (color rubs off); pierced through for string; incised “inscription” on base; length 23 mm.
Donor:
Ms. Roxie S. Walker
Collection place:
Saqqara, Lower Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Egypt
Production place:
Abdel Khaliqi, Egypt
Collector:
Roxie S. Walker
Collection date:
1980
Materials:
Plaster
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Inscriptions and Scarabs (carvings)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarab with inscription, accession number 5-14270, described as Scarab (fake); very crudely carved plaster; painted or dyed blue (color rubs off); pierced through for string; incised “inscription” on base; length 23 mm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarab with inscription, accession number 5-14270, described as Scarab (fake); very crudely carved plaster; painted or dyed blue (color rubs off); pierced through for string; incised “inscription” on base; length 23 mm.

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