Scarab

CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Scarab
Date790–650 BC
MediumLimestone
DimensionsOverall: 1 × 5/8 × 9/16 in. (2.5 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.92
Not on view

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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 #216.

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