IDENTIFIERS
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id:	49551
accession number:	E.11.1898

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Stone figure of a scorpion. One of several found in this temple deposit and possibly a reference to the 'Scorpion King' who ruled before Narmer (the first king whose name we know). Scopions were also believed to protect as well as threaten. Here, in a royal context it seems more likely that the animal protected the king because of its close association with early Egyptian royalty. This type of stone is called steatite and was only used for smaller scale objects such as this. It is a soft stone and easy to carve.
title:	figurine

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/49551





TECHNIQUES
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carved

CATEGORIES
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category: figure

DATING
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creation date:	3000 - 2500
creation date earliest:	3000
creation date latest:	2500
culture:	Predynastic
culture:	Early Dynastic


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 10.5



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience
CITATIONS
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Ancient Hierakonpolis
Gifts of the Nile : ancient Egyptian faience
Hierakonpolis II
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