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Faience scarab
Faience, mouldmade, scarab with traces of glaze on the surface. The back of the scarab is decorated with a hieroglyphic text which is badly worn. The base has a floral decoration and rope pattern border. The scarab is pierced lengthways through the centre.
Length: 0.037 m
Width: 0.025 m
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
Accession number: E.GA.1461.1943
Primary reference Number: 55872
Oldadmincategory: SC
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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