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Scarab depicting a border of concentric circles enclosing good-luck hieroglyphs

Scarab depicting a border of concentric circles enclosing good-luck hieroglyphs

Scarab depicting a border of concentric circles enclosing good-luck hieroglyphs

2nd Intermediate Period or later

Glazed steatite

L: 1.4; W: 1 cm

Harry Stern Collection, bequest of Kurt Stern, London

Accession number:

76.31.3618

Archaeology/Egyptian Archaeology

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