Scarab: Hieroglyphs (?)

Arts of Africa

Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period (?), Dynasties 12–15 (about 1985–1550 BCE)

Egyptian

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Artist: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Scarab: Hieroglyphs (?)
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date: 1985 BCE–1550 BCE
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 1.3 × 1 × 0.6 cm (1/2 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
Reference Number: 1894.1827
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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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