IDENTIFIERS
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id:	50855
accession number:	E.30.1904

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Faience scarab inscribed on the base with two crocodiles. The crocodiles are possibly a reference to the god Sobek. Crocodiles were also believed to offer protection in Ancient Egypt. The scarab is pierced lengthways.
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/50855





TECHNIQUES
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mouldmade

CATEGORIES
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category: scarab

DATING
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culture:	Third Intermediate period


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: m
value: 0.025



CITATIONS
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Fitzwilliam Museum McClean Bequest: Catalogue of the mediaeval ivories, enamels, jewellery, gems and miscellaneous objects bequeathed to the Museum by Frank McClean, M.A., F.R.S.
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