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Scarab

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Scarab

Period:: Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty:: Dynasty 13–17
Date:: ca. 1640–1550 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt
Medium:: Stone
Credit Line:: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession Number:: 26.7.298

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Formerly Timmins Collection. Acquired by for his collection by Lord Carnarvon before 1923. Carnarvon Collection purchased by the Museum from Lady Carnarvon, 1926.
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What
Sculpture (24,350)

Stone (7,986)

Scarabs (3,371)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Egypt (29,889)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,709)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 2000–1000 B.C.

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