Scarab (Forgery, modern)
Unidentified artist
Glazed steatite
Overall: 3 1/8 × 5/8 × 7/16 in. (8 × 1.6 × 1.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
178.23.25797
Geography
Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Object Name
Personal Symbol: Scarab
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Text: “Amen Re”
Course History
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman - INDEPENDENT VIEWING, Fall 2019
Exhibition History
Egyptian Antiquities at Dartmouth, Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 12, 2011-August 13, 2012.
Provenance
Found in the collection and catalogued, November 1978.
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