Ramses II Scarab
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jul 1997
label: Collection Date
content: 1955 to 1956
name: label: Collector
content: Walter J. Clark
label: Donor Name
content: Walter J. Clark
notes: label: Notes
content: NATURAL-COLORED ROUND SCARAB HAS INCISED HIEROGLYPHS ON FLAT UNDERSIDE & INCISED BEETLE OUTLINE ON TOP SURFACE. HAS HOLES PIERCED THROUGH LENGTHWISE. HAS WHITISH ENCRUSTATION ON TOP SIDE.
label: Notes
content: Many scarabs were issued by the king to commemorate particular occasions - a feast, a hunt, a war, etc.. This scarab is an example of this type of scarab. Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan interprets: "the living image of Ramses tramples all foreign countries" Commemorative Ramses II scarab, a perfect striding sphinx, with uraeus at forehead, a beard, an ankh in front, trampling the dead body of a foreigner, hieroglyphs of foreign countries above, and cartouche of Ramses II next to all.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cairo (purchased here), Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409928
label: USNM Number
content: A553343-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scarab
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 1 cm