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| Keywords: Egyptian - Winged Naturalistic Scarab - Walters 421448 - Bottom.jpg This faience winged scarab has a flat underside without a bottom design or drill-holes The design on the scarab's back is very simple It has a rough and uneven surface balanced proportions no evidence of extremities or partition lines and rough workmanship The piece is poorly made The scarab functioned as a funerary amulet and would have been attached to mummy bandages Winged scarabs should assure the renewal of the deceased by meeting the sun god in the afterlife Winged scarabs were the central part of the amulet set of a mummy century 6 4 BC Late Period-early Greco-Roman light beige faience with blue glaze Scarab cm 1 18 3 1 4 3 ; Wing cm 1 1 2 8 4 accession number 42 1448 37269 William Shirley date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of William Shirley 1963 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian pectorals in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
