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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Scarab
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Scarab

sculptor
Datebefore 642
Place MadeEgypt, Ancient & Byzantine World-Africa
MediumFaience
Dimensions1.7 x 1.1 cm (11/16 x 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU11n83
eMuseum ID717540
Previous NumberU11n59.6
EmbARK ObjectID23222
TMS Source ID8357
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
ProvenanceNotesPossibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner during her trip to Egypt, September 1874 - April 1875.
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
19th century
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
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8th century BCE - 1st century BCE
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
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664 BCE - 525 BCE
(c) 2015 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
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664 BCE - 332 BCE
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664 BCE - 332 BCE
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before 1924
String of Beads with Ushabti
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2nd century BCE - 1st century BCE
(c) 2015 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
664 BCE - 30 BCE
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
19th century
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
19th century