Egyptian Scarab Of Soapstone
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Oct 1915
name: label: Donor Name
content: Louise S. Codwise
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Two hawks with crowns of Lower Egypt; between them a palm tree. "Fraud" - Dr. H. Ranke, U. of Pa. Mus., 4/15/39."
label: Notes
content: Heart scarab. Seems authentic amulet, but inscription on base is bizarre. Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan thinks original scarab is ok, inscription added later to enhance souvenir value. Steatite, doesn't seem to have been glazed.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Jun 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: 058920
label: USNM Number
content: A288971-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scarab