IDENTIFIERS
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id:	62753
accession number:	E.680.1954

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Carnelian scarab with an uninscribed base. this type of scarab often formed part of a necklace and so acted as an amulet. Such necklaces were often found in graves, although is is likely that the deceased person had and wore this object during their lifetime.
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/62753





TECHNIQUES
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carved

CATEGORIES
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category: scarab

DATING
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culture:	Middle Kingdom
culture:	late Middle Kingdom


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: m
value: 0.022

dimension: Width
units: m
value: 0.009



CITATIONS
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Pharaohs and mortals; Egyptian art in the Middle Kingdom
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