Scarab (modern forgery)
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
Faience
Overall: 2 3/4 × 1/2 × 11/16 in. (7 × 1.3 × 1.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
178.23.25796
Geography
Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Object Name
Personal Symbol: Scarab
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Text, on base: meaningless hieroglyphs
Provenance
Found in the collection and catalogued, November 1978.
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