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New Kingdom
A giraffe is the central image on the base of this scarab, which was once part of a ring. This animal was associated with prophecy. Thus the giraffe, in combination with the hieroglyphs on either side of it, predicted a "life of all good things" for the scarab's owner.
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Title: Scarab Set in a Ring Bezel
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose I–Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1504–1425 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb CC 37, Burial 59A, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911
Medium: Glazed steatite, electrum
Dimensions: L. 1.6 cm × W. 1 cm × H. 0.7 cm (5/8 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Object Number: 26.7.560
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