MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Naturalistic Scarab - Walters 42374 - Bottom.jpg This naturalistic faience scarab has a medium high back with a detailed design of shallowly incised fine lines for the plates and wing cases The lines are narrowly and evenly ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Naturalistic Scarab - Walters 42374 - Bottom.jpg This naturalistic faience scarab has a medium high back with a detailed design of shallowly incised fine lines for the plates and wing cases The lines are narrowly and evenly spaced The proportions of the top are almost balanced The bottom of the scarab has modeled body structures with an eye protruding from the center of the belly The workmanship of the piece is good and it is carefully made This scarab functioned as a funerary amulet with regenerative connotations It was originally attached to mummy bandages as part of the amulet set of the mummy between 664 525 BC Late Period light beige faience with light green glaze cm 1 3 2 9 3 2 accession number 42 374 24171 Sheikh of the Pyramids date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1930 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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