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Late Period ?
This scarab-shaped amulet with an undecorated base is made of green faience. Green stones and green glazes were often used in the manufacture of amulets: for the ancient Egyptians, the color referred to vegetation and therefore to life, fertility, and renewal.
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Title: Uninscribed Scarab
Period: Late Period ?
Dynasty: Dynasty 26 ?
Date: ca. 664–525 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: L. 1.5 × W. 1.1 × H. 0.7 cm (9/16 × 7/16 × 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Object Number: 10.130.696
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