IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 184278 accession number: E.SC.303 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 14 May 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Steatite scarab with a hole pierced lengthways through the centre. The base is decorated with a cobra/uraeus wearing the crown of Lower Egypt. There is a single line of hieroglyphs that contain a wadjet eye and neb basket at the bottom. At the top is a mouth sign. Such hieroglyphs are often cryptic refering to the name and title of a god. There are traces of resin on the surface. title: scarab LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/184278 TECHNIQUES ---------- carved CATEGORIES ------ category: scarab DATING ------ culture: New Kingdom DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: m value: 0.02