IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 50855 accession number: E.30.1904 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Faience scarab inscribed on the base with two crocodiles. The crocodiles are possibly a reference to the god Sobek. Crocodiles were also believed to offer protection in Ancient Egypt. The scarab is pierced lengthways. 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/50855 TECHNIQUES ---------- mouldmade CATEGORIES ------ category: scarab DATING ------ culture: Third Intermediate period DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: m value: 0.025 CITATIONS -------- Fitzwilliam Museum McClean Bequest: Catalogue of the mediaeval ivories, enamels, jewellery, gems and miscellaneous objects bequeathed to the Museum by Frank McClean, M.A., F.R.S. --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant15/E_30_1904_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant15/mid_E_30_1904_281_29.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant15/E_30_1904_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant15/preview_E_30_1904_281_29.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant15/E_30_1904_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant15/mid_E_30_1904_282_29.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant15/E_30_1904_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant15/preview_E_30_1904_282_29.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant15/E_30_1904_283_29.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant15/mid_E_30_1904_283_29.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant15/E_30_1904_283_29.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant15/preview_E_30_1904_283_29.jpg height: 188 pixels width: 250 pixels