IDENTIFIERS
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id:	51875
accession number:	E.31.1920

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Steatite scaraboid in the form of a fish on the top and inscribed on the base with the name of Menkheperre. There is a figure of a seated king holding a sceptre and a vulture overhead, offering protection. The object is pierced vertically through the centre.
title:	scaraboid

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/51875





TECHNIQUES
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carved

CATEGORIES
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category: scarab

DATING
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culture:	New Kingdom
culture:	Eighteenth Dynasty


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: m
value: 0.018



CITATIONS
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Scarabs; an introduction to the study of Egyptian seals & signet rings
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