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MM 11279 :: Scarab

Object description: Scarab, well worked. Crinkly edged clypeus, head with eyes. Slightly curved prothorax. Legs clearly visible in profile, the front pair feathered. Threading hole running lengthwise through the piece. The underside has an hieroglyphic inscription.

Data elements
References (1)

Inventory number

MM 11279

Serie nummer

7907

Alternative ID

E1279, G-A1930I:30, Gayer-Anderson Coll.

Object

Scarab

Object, Swedish

Skarabé

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Material

Steatite, glazed; Stone; Steatite

Material, Swedish

Steatit; Sten; Steatit, glaserad

Acquisition

Purchased from the London collection of Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson 1 February 1930. Gift from Dir. G. Werner, Gothenburg, with contributions from R. Hultmark, Linköping.

Acquisition, Swedish

Inköpt från Major Gayer-Anderssons Londonsamling 1930-02-01. Gåva från Dir. G. Werner, Göteborg, med bidrag från R. Hultmark, Linköping.

Description, Swedish

Skarabé, välarbetad. Veckade kanter på clypeus, huvud med ögon. Något kurvad prothorax. Benen är tydligt synliga i profil, det främre paret är befjädrat. Trädningshål löper rakt igenom föremålet på längden. Undersidan har en hieroglyfisk inskription.

Description

Scarab, well worked. Crinkly edged clypeus, head with eyes. Slightly curved prothorax. Legs clearly visible in profile, the front pair feathered. Threading hole running lengthwise through the piece. The underside has an hieroglyphic inscription.

Period

Middle Kingdom (2061-c.1665 BC)

Period, Swedish

Mellersta riket (2061-ca.1665 f Kr)

Name - Acquired from

Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville

Description: Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson, Major, after qualifying as a Doctor at Guy's Hospital, became an officer in the Royal Army, Medical Corps. He received his commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1903. He was lent to the Egyptian Government in 1905 by the British Government and spent the rest of his carrier in service of Egypt, in both military and civil capacities, reaching the rank of "Lewa" (Major General) and having the title of Pasha conferred upon him. He collected Egyptian objects of great significance. They are preserved in Gayer-Anderson Pasha museum in Cairo. He is the author of "Legends of the Bait al-Kretliya" (Luzac, London) and Christeros, poems (Wilding, Shrewsbury). He died in Lavenham in 1945. (www.indianminiature.org, 2012-08-31)
Source - http: collections.smvk.se
Source, Viaf - same as: viaf.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Egyptenutställningen 2014, English - Label