Scarab

Scarab, no date

  • Egyptian

Ceramic

  • Overall: 15/16 × 11/16 × 7/16 inch (2.4 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm)

Gift of Frederick Stearns

90.1S15008

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Inscribed, on bottom: [translated: If Re is behind me I have no fear.]

Frederick Stearns [1831-1907]

1890-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Egyptian, Scarab, no date, ceramic. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 90.1S15008.

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