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"218498","LON-AF19A7","001482AF3120135E","Model","Scarab","","66.48","","54.85","36.62","","1","","","MODERN","1800","1900","A Modern limestone model of an Egyptian scarab (19th – early 20th century).  The model has been carved to form a three-dimensional scarab beetle and the flat under-side is carved with a cartouche and hieroglyphics.

Dr Stephen Quirke notes that this is an interesting example and similar examples were usually discarded from collections as not ancient.  The cartouche (name-ring) containing the hieroglyphs is an often-copied motif  – the signs themselves are accurate enough and read Menmaatra, which is the throne-name of king Sety I, about 1290 BC, father of king Ramses II – the hieroglyph under the name-ring is the sign for ‘gold’ (Egyptian nbw) – the criteria for considering it not ancient are (1) the criss-cross interior of the gold-hieroglyph and lower sign in the cartouch, (2) the material, which looks like limestone, not usually used for Sety I-Ramses II ancient scarabs, (3) the rough cutting, partly caused by the material, (4) the feather on the head of the goddess-hieroglyph (Maat) is a simple triangle which I have never seen on an ancient scarab (it should have the rounded tip of a plum) – there are also many ‘rustic’ ancient scarabs, of course, and many ancient copies made outside Egypt.

Dimensions: length: 66.48mm; width: 54.85mm; thickness: 36.62mm; weight: 147.09g.

Identification by Dr Stephen Quirke, Curator The Petrie Museum.
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