Scarab: Cobras Addorsed and Linked

Arts of Africa

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1550–1295 BCE)

Egyptian

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Artist: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Scarab: Cobras Addorsed and Linked
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date: 1550 BCE–1295 BCE
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: 0.6 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm (1/4 × 5/8 × 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
Reference Number: 1894.1820
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 149.

Reverend Chauncey Murch (1859-1907), Luxor, Egypt; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1894; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson, 1894.

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