Clay Scarab
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Dec 1919
name: label: Donor Name
content: Elizabeth S. Stevens
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Fraud" - H. Ranke, U. of Pa. Mus., 4/15/39"
label: Notes
content: "Heart scarab" in fired talc. Definitely fake. Large deposits of talc occur in the Wadi Hammamat; fabricators often mine large quantities of this to make tourist souvenirs/fakes out of. Often fire them, as if they were steatite (though the ancient steatite sources haven't been rediscovered.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
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: 064443
label: USNM Number
content: A311848-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scarab