Scarab (modern forgery)

Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker

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Faience

Overall: 2 3/4 × 1/2 × 11/16 in. (7 × 1.3 × 1.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

178.23.25796

Geography

Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa

Object Name

Personal Symbol: Scarab

Research Area

Ancient Egypt

Africa

Not on view

Inscriptions

Text, on base: meaningless hieroglyphs

Provenance

Found in the collection and catalogued, November 1978.

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