Glazed steaite scarab
Glazed steatite scarab, inscribed on the base with the name Setepenre (Ramesses II), surrounded by border of circles with dots, which may be an archaising reference to earlier scarab decorations.
Length: 0.016 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1920) by Thompson, Henry Francis Herbert
Accession number: E.68.1920
Primary reference Number: 51912
Oldadmincategory: SC
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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