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Scarab

52.55.58

Part of

Ancient Egypt collection

More than 2700 items from our internationally significant Egyptology collection. The full collection is one of the largest in the UK with nearly 20,000 items spanning from the Prehistoric (c. 5300 BC) to the end of the Byzantine Period (AD 642).

About this object

Uninscribed scarab shaped seal of blue glazed faience.

Object specifics

  • Type
    Personal Object
  • Culture
    Third Intermediate Period
  • Artist/Maker
    Unknown or unrecorded
  • Place made
    Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Kafr Ammar
  • Date made
    1000 BC - 600 BC about
  • Materials
    Egyptian Faience
  • Location
    Item not currently on display
  • Acquisition
    Transferred from Gilstrap Public Library and Municipal Museum, 1952
  • Collector
    British School of Archaeology in Egypt
  • Place collected
    Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Kafr Ammar
  • Date collected
    1911 - 1913
  • Measurements
    6 mm x 10 cm x 12 cm
  • Note
    W.M.Flinders Petrie, Ernest Mackay. Heliopolis, Kafr Ammar and Shurafa, (London, 1915, British School of Archaeology in Egypt); The Gilstrap collection was formed by Miss Gilstrap, who contributed funds to the British School of Archaeology in Egypt between 1900 and 1910. She was given a share of the excavated finds in return for the funding she provided.
  • Related people
    British School of Archaeology in Egypt (Collector, previous owner); Gilstrap Public Library and Municipal Museum (Previous owner); Josephine Elizabeth Gilstrap (Previous owner)

Ownership

Previous owners

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