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Faience winged scarab
With wings (separate), pierced. The Egyptian word for a dung beetle means 'coming into being'. It was used to symbolise rebirth into the afterlife.
Length: 13.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1932)
by
Whyte, Edward Towry
Ptolemaic
-332
-
-30
Accession number: E.133.1932
Primary reference Number: 52865
Oldadmincategory: SC
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities
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Accession Number: E.SC.6
Accession Number: E.4.1936
Accession Number: E.GA.3961.1943
Accession Number: E.GA.3958.1943
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