Steatite seal decorated on one side with details of the wings, head and legs. The other side is flat and inscribed with hieroglyphs (kheper sign, 'mn' sign, feather and single stroke). One end has a small piercing. 

Catalogue card (1956): scarab seal, faience, greenish cream glaze. Inscribed. Egypt. Norwich Collection Gift Sir H. Rider Haggard N31.93.925. Also added in pencil on the record card: "forgery".

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Steatite seal decorated on one side with details of the wings, head and legs. The other side is flat and inscribed with hieroglyphs (kheper sign, 'mn' sign, feather and single stroke). One end has a small piercing. Catalogue card (1956): scarab seal, faience, greenish cream glaze. Inscribed. Egypt. Norwich Collection Gift Sir H. Rider Haggard N31.93.925. Also added in pencil on the record card: "forgery".

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Scarab (Forgery)

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