scarabs

Body scarab, silver plate on brown quartz, inscribed in hieroglyphs with name of king Akhenaten. Bought by Flinders Petrie on the road to Cairo prior to 1915. Metal of the plate identified as modern in 1985 analysis at the British Museum. Scarab perhaps ancient though material is exceptional.

- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Scarabs and Cylinders with Names, XXXVI.18.10.33

Modern Period

quartz, silver

LDUCE-UC12458

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology