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Steatite scarab
Steatite scarab with traces of glaze, resin and wax on the surface. The base is inscribed with scene of two male figures drinking from a wine vessel, using straws. The enlarged phallus and the headress on the figures suggests that they represent the god Bes. The scarab is pierced lengthways through the centre.
Length: 0.032 m
Width: 0.023 m
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
Accession number: E.GA.1457.1943
Primary reference Number: 55868
Oldadmincategory: SC
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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