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Faience winged scarab
With wings (separate), pierced. The Egyptian word for a dung beetle means 'coming into being'. It was used to symbolise rebirth into the afterlife.
Length: 13.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1932) by Whyte, Edward Towry
Ptolemaic Period#
-332
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-30
Accession number: E.133.1932
Primary reference Number: 52865
Oldadmincategory: SC
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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