Canaanite inlaid scarab, inscribed with hieroglyphs within a scroll decoration border

An image of Inlaid scarab, inscribed with hieroglyphs within a scroll decoration border, of Canaanite manufacture. Find Spot: Egypt. Length 0.017 m, width 0.012 m. Middle Bronze Age.

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Inlaid scarab, inscribed with hieroglyphs within a scroll decoration border, of Canaanite manufacture. Find Spot: Egypt. Length 0.017 m, width 0.012 m. Middle Bronze Age.

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Accession Number: E.18.1977
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 683 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Filesize: 88.89kB
Exposure time: 1/20
ISO Speed: 400
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2011:01:18 15:14:15

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_WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd antiquity BC beetles blue Bronze Age Canaan Canaanite Egyptian Fitz_ANT hieroglyphics hieroglyphs inlaid inlay inscribed inscriptions insects scarab scarab beetle skarabs turquoise

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