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Third Intermediate Period ?
The scarab is inscribed with hieroglyphs forming a blessing related to the lunar god Khonsu. Scarabs bearing wishes and blessings related to divinities whose protection individuals wished to summon are particular popular during the (late) New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1295-664 B.C.).
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Title: Scarab with blessing related to Khonsu
Period: Third Intermediate Period ?
Dynasty: Dynasty 21–25 ?
Date: ca. 1070–664 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.4 × W. 1 cm (9/16 × 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Object Number: 10.130.704
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