Spiral 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 W/ BROWN STRIPED ROUND SCARAB HAS INCISED HIEROGLYPHS ON FLAT UNDERSIDE & INCISED BEETLE OUTLINE ON TOP SURFACE. HAS HOLES PIERCED THROUGH LENGTHWISE.
label: Notes
content: Spiral scarab, with Aegean type scrollwork. Fairly typical of late 12th or 13th dynasty. Shows some foreign influence, but appearance of motifs predates the Hyksos rulers of the 15th dynasty and the Minoan city in the Delta.
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: Egyptian, Middle Kingdom Period
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409928
label: USNM Number
content: A553341-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scarab
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 1.9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 0.9 cm