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Steatite scarab
Steatite scarab with traces of glaze on the surface. The base is inscribed with a cobra, a horse and neb-tawy signs. The scarab is pierced lengthways through the centre.
Length: 0.03 m
Width: 0.02 m
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, Major
Accession number: E.GA.1456.1943
Primary reference Number: 55867
Oldadmincategory: SC
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Steatite scarab" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/55867 Accessed: 2024-12-27 10:54:58
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|title=Steatite scarab
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-27 10:54:58|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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