IDENTIFIERS
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id:	54201
accession number:	E.491.1939

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 10 June 2026

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Glazed steatite scaraboid with a human head rather than the usual beetle head; the rest of the back is in the form of a beetle. The base is inscribed with a seated figure of Ra, protected by two birds (possibly vultures) and a winged sundisk above.
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/54201





TECHNIQUES
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carved
TECHNIQUES
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glazed

CATEGORIES
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category: scarab

DATING
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culture:	Third Intermediate period
culture:	Late Period


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: m
value: 0.02



IMAGES

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height: 683 pixels
width: 1024 pixels

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height: 333 pixels
width: 500 pixels

surrogate: original
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width: 250 pixels

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height: 333 pixels
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surrogate: original
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