1592999482000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-49559 1752863371871 1752825720000 1752863257099 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-49559 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49559 986dc92f-f2c9-3b24-a113-e95f8afcca0f 12 reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure Antiquities Faience figure in the form of a scorpion. Possibly a reference to the Scorpion King, who ruled Egypt before Narmer- the first king of Egypt whose name that we know. These animals are both dangerous and protectors. In this royal context they were no doubt the latter. Faience is a glazed material that was mouldmade. It was commonly used in ancient Egypt. reference exhibition-2874 adlib-exhibition-2874 abebf859-0c6b-3cd7-b2b2-0f079bce2357 Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience E.18.1898 1 accession number E.18.1898 49559 priref 49559 oldadmincategory FG uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49559 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49559 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 1898 1898 1898 given reference term-111983 adlib-term-111983 0767afec-1255-301c-8875-1d0778e64143 Hierakonpolis Egypt 3000 3000 BC 3000 about -3000 2500 1 2500 BC 2500 about -2500 reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-12416 adlib-term-12416 e4f6cb70-8b0a-32b1-8487-228e5f233581 Predynastic reference term-112333 adlib-term-112333 094c6c36-1190-387c-9be9-b3c6b2172ed8 Early Dynastic Period reference term-107870 adlib-term-107870 4e6e7a6c-6076-3260-bc72-1404368e4f3a literal Egypt Egypt country Egypt reference term-42719 adlib-term-42719 85ef0ee6-9eda-3174-b1e3-0a2d44c2a82b faïence Length cm 4.7 Width cm 7 reference media-167393 adlib-media-167393 0e65f1bb-2129-391f-8237-50f5f49545f1 jpeg ant/ant32/E_18_1898.jpg 1 height pixels 507 width pixels 760 1742594852130 1 image jpeg ant/ant32/mid_E_18_1898.jpg 1 height pixels 334 width pixels 500 1742594852130 1 image jpeg ant/ant32/E_18_1898.jpg 1 height pixels 507 width pixels 760 1742594852130 1 image jpeg ant/ant32/preview_E_18_1898.jpg 1 height pixels 167 width pixels 250 1742594852130 1 image 0 media image reference media-1492525615 portfolio portfolio-media-1492525615 de7f5631-40fa-3bae-994f-6290acd4c0d3 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/623/759/large_E_18_1898_200805_mfj22_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 683 width pixels 1024 1550047263000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/623/759/mid_E_18_1898_200805_mfj22_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 333 width pixels 500 1550047263000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/623/759/E_18_1898_200805_mfj22_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 2912 width pixels 4368 1550047263000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/623/759/preview_E_18_1898_200805_mfj22_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 167 width pixels 250 1550047263000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/623/759/E_18_1898_200805_mfj22_dc1.ptif 1 height pixels 2912 width pixels 4368 1550047263000 1 image 1 <primary>1</primary> <type>main title</type> <value>Faience figure of a scorpion, from Hierakonpolis, Egypt</value> media image reference media-3861546597 portfolio portfolio-media-3861546597 798813a6-7896-3342-8641-b3d1200c78c0 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/638/560/large_E_18_1898_200805_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 683 width pixels 1024 1554766565000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/638/560/mid_E_18_1898_200805_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 333 width pixels 500 1554766565000 1 image E.18.1898_200805_mfj22_mas.tif 1554766565000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/638/560/preview_E_18_1898_200805_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 167 width pixels 250 1554766565000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/638/560/E_18_1898_200805_mfj22_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 2912 width pixels 4368 1554766565000 1 image 2 <primary>1</primary> <type>main title</type> <value>Faience figure of a scorpion, from Hierakonpolis, Egypt</value> media image reference term-99236 adlib-term-99236 16b48604-06d3-3b35-a8c2-cfaccdb997ea figurine reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-4222 adlib-publication-4222 1f95e6a6-5369-31a4-a511-99a8b9dfbdc2 Gifts of the Nile : ancient Egyptian faience 179 reference publication-382 adlib-publication-382 ee5148de-e3eb-3d38-88db-9a331edf70b6 Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-4275 adlib-publication-4275 753be22f-65a9-3f1b-b4a7-37ea183379d1 Hierakonpolis II reference term-99236 adlib-term-99236 16b48604-06d3-3b35-a8c2-cfaccdb997ea figurine figurine reference term-120115 adlib-term-120115 1cbe06d9-aa93-3c8f-ade2-f8dd6fbd59d4 mouldmade <value>Glazed Scorpion</value> object OBJECT