Limestone heart scarab
Limestone painted heart scarab in the form of the ib (heart) sign and with a human head. The front of the object has a scarab beetle, wings and ankh sings carved; the back is undecorated, but rounded. The face is damaged or roughly carved. The subject wears a tri-partite wig that is coloured black. There are further traces of black and red pigment on the body and the face is coloured brown.
Height: 0.073 m
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1932) by Whyte, Edward Towry
Late Ptolemaic
Early Roman
-100
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100
Accession number: E.309.1932
Primary reference Number: 53043
Oldadmincategory: A
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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