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MM 13738 :: scarab

Object description: Scarab, crudely worked head and clypeus. Several parallel incised lines separating the prothorax from the elytra. V-shaped incisions at the outer corners of the elytra. Legs crude. The under side has incised hieroglyphs in two parallel vertical columns:

Data elements
References (1)

Inventory number

MM 13738

Serie nummer

8539

Object

scarab

Object, Swedish

skarabé; amulett

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Material

Steatite, beige; Stone; Steatite

Material, Swedish

Steatit; Sten; Steatit, beige

Acquisition

The Charles Molin collection. Gift 1943.

Acquisition, Swedish

Gåva från Charles Molin 1943.

Description

Scarab, crudely worked head and clypeus. Several parallel incised lines separating the prothorax from the elytra. V-shaped incisions at the outer corners of the elytra. Legs crude. The under side has incised hieroglyphs in two parallel vertical columns:

Name - Acquired from

Molin, Charles

Source - http: collections.smvk.se

Comments

Former museum no.E 3738. Search for additional pictures

Äldre bilder Cecilia Hennix, 1997.

NegNo

MM 13738(1).jpg

Cf Publications

Hornung, E., & Staehelin, E., Skarabäen und andere Siegelamulette aus Basler Sammlungen, Ägyptische Denkmäler in der Schweiz Bd. 1, Basel 1976, 60ff, 174ff

Petrie, W.M.F., Buttons and design scarabs, London 1925, pl. 17: 1267

Petrie, W.M.F., Scarabs and Cylinders with Names. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College London, London 1917, pl. 53: 20, 21.

PhotoNegNo

Dig. neg. MM13738a. Museum neg.

MM 13738(2).jpg

Length / Längd

1,6 cm

Width / Bredd

1,1 cm

Thickness / Tjocklek

0,7 cm

Dimensions

L.1.6 cm, W.1.1 cm, T.0.7 cm

Condition

Fragmentary. Slightly damaged on the left hand side below the head and at the back by the mouth of the threading hole.

Original register

Egypt

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