Scarab
name: label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: Scarab - but funerary Kheper form, used as an amulet. Symbolized rebirth, resurrection (like the beetle raises the sun every day). Funerary use, unlike the less detailed but often inscribed "scarabs" which were used more as signs of favor or elite connection or id badges.
label: Notes
content: Green faience funerary scarab that would have been attached to the mummy wrappings, dating to the Late Period.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Aug 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: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: A209124-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scarab