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| Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab with Geometric Spirals - Walters 4223 - Back.jpg This steatite scarab has a flat underside with a vertically and horizontally arranged design of spiral scrolls The design on the back of the scarab is detailed with incised lines and regular flow The proportions of the top are unbalanced the piece is carefully made and the workmanship is good This scarab would have functioned as an amulet with renewal connotations and should provide extensive and all-inclusive renewal The piece would originally have been mounted or threaded Spiral scrolls on scarabs were very popular in the Middle Kingdom and in the Hyksos Period The meaning of the pattern is not clear but it seems most likely that it expresses renewal and general support between 1794 1648 BC late Middle Kingdom; MB IIB light beige steatite with green-blue glaze cm 1 1 1 5 2 1 accession number 42 23 27190 Henry Walters Baltimore 1911 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum 1931 by beqest Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 place of origin Palestine Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Hyksos scarabs Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
