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scarab

human history
  • Common Name
    Adornment
  • Description

    scarab. Blue faience scarab with Twaret depicted over the scarabs wings. Un-deciphered hieroglyphics on the bottom. It was originally a bead and has had a brass rod through it with a hook on the end, attached to a brass chain. Possibly a forgery.

  • Accession Number
    1988.54
  • Accession Date
    23 Mar 1988
  • Other Id

    52800.1 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • necklace, 1988.54, 52800.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 18 Apr 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • necklace, 1988.54, 52800.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 18 Apr 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • necklace, 1988.54, 52800.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 18 Apr 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • necklace, 1988.54, 52800.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 18 Apr 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • necklace, 1988.54, 52800.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 18 Apr 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • necklace, 1988.54, 52800.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 18 Apr 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • necklace, 1988.54, 52800.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 18 Apr 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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