Scarab

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Scarab
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CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Scarab
Date1550–1292 BC
MediumLimestone
Dimensions1/2 × 1 3/16 × 3/4 inches (1.3 × 3 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.78
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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
ProvenanceAndré Bircher (1838–1926), Cairo, by 1926 [1]; by inheritance to Mrs. F. Serveux, Cairo, 1926; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.

[1] Bircher Collection #130.

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