EGYPT
Scarab
1400 BCE-1186 BCE

Medium
steatite

Measurements
0.8 × 1.4 × 1.8 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Accessioned, 1994

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Egypt

Accession Number
D123-1994

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
A small, domed scarab on a low pedestal. The head is cut in a triangular fashion with the eyes as small squares on either side. No body divisions are indicated except for two small nicks on either side of the back where the line between the elytra and prothorax would have been. The legs are shown as a band of varying width around the side with roughly incised marks. The underside is decorated with a central Hathor-headed sistrum, flanked by two uraeii. Perforated lengthwise.

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EGYPT
Scarab
1400 BCE-1186 BCE