IDENTIFIERS
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id:	62617
accession number:	E.547.1954

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Jasper scarab with a highly polished finish. The base is uninscribed. The object may have functioned either as a heart scarab or perhaps more likely part of a necklace. Jasper was often used in the Eighteenth Dynasty, however, small objects such as scarabs also appear in the Middle Kingdom.
title:	scarab

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/62617





TECHNIQUES
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polished
carved
TECHNIQUES
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polished

CATEGORIES
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category: scarab

DATING
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creation date:	3000 - 2000
creation date earliest:	3000
creation date latest:	2000
culture:	Middle Kingdom
culture:	New Kingdom


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 2.1



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