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Half a Scarab, between 1196 and 712 BCE

  • Egyptian

Faience

  • Overall: 15/16 × 3/8 × 3/8 inches (2.4 × 1 × 1 cm)

Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1897

1990.232

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

from (Deir el Bahri, Egypt)

1897, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund

1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Egyptian, Half a Scarab, between 1196 and 712 BCE, faience. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1897, 1990.232.