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| Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab - Walters 42547 - Back.jpg This serpentine scarab has a flat underside without a bottom design The design of the back is very detailed with fine incised lines and regular line flow The proportions of the top are almost balanced the workmanship of the piece is excellent and it is elaborately made This scarab functioned as a funerary amulet with renewal connotations It was probably an inlay or the central piece of a winged scarab between 946 650 BC Third Intermediate-Late Period dark green serpentine cm 1 6 2 7 3 7 accession number 42 547 5325 Henry Walters Baltimore 1913 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
