IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 50856 accession number: E.31a.1904 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Frit scarab with separate base (E.31b.1904). The scarab body is hollow and the object was mouldmade in this way. The surface is covered in a black substance that resembles boot polish; this was sometimes added to Egyptian stone objects in the 1900's. 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/50856 TECHNIQUES ---------- mouldmade CATEGORIES ------ category: scarab DATING ------ culture: Third Intermediate period DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: m value: 0.075 dimension: Width units: m value: 0.05 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. ---