Scarab
664 BC - 525 BC (made)
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Circular green glazed steatite scaraboid, pierced longitudinally and today mounted to a wooden display block. The inscription on the reverse shows a Hathor-headed sistrum, flanked on either side by the royal uraeus.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed steatite |
| Brief description | Scaraboid, green glazed steatite, Egypt, Late Period, possibly Dynasty Twenty-six |
| Physical description | Circular green glazed steatite scaraboid, pierced longitudinally and today mounted to a wooden display block. The inscription on the reverse shows a Hathor-headed sistrum, flanked on either side by the royal uraeus. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | This object originally formed part of the Ceramics collection at the Museum of Practical Geology, on Jermyn Street, which was transferred en masse to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1901. |
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| Accession number | 5491O-1901 |
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| Record created | August 21, 2017 |
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