IDENTIFIERS
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id:	184278
accession number:	E.SC.303

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 14 May 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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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
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/184278





TECHNIQUES
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carved

CATEGORIES
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category: scarab

DATING
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culture:	New Kingdom


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: m
value: 0.02