Accession No

1948.2810.6


Description

A small green glazed plaque or seal of faience or steatite, forgery. In the form of a horizontal cylindrical segment with hieroglyphs on both curved and flat sides.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Abydos


Period

XXII Dynasty Saite Modern ?Hyksos ?Second Intermediate Period


Source

Acworth, Marion Whiteford [donor]; Acworth, Joseph John [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.2810.6; 1133; 1650 [Meux No.]; 935 [Acworth No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Steatite; Glazed composition; Faience


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
The underside of the mount is marked '935' in red ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Other owners)
The small yellow label adhered to the top of the mount indicates this scarab was once in the collection of Lady Valerie Meux.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
A small, yellow, oval, typed label adhered to the underside of the mount reads '1650' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label affixed with string reads '1133 forgery' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Budge, E.A Wallis. (1896). Some Account of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities in the Possession of Lady Meux. Harrison and Son: London. p. 309. no. 1650.
Event Date 1896
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Auction / Sale)
The Acworths could possibly have bought the scarab through the Lady Meux Sale in London in May 1911 under the auctioneers Sothebys, Wilkinson and Hodge, or possibly through a third party.
Event Date 5/1911
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
One hundred and ten plaques, scarabs and rings of glazed composition and steatite, all labelled "Forgery" .
Event Date 1948
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A small green glazed plaque or seal of faience of steatite, forgery. In the form of a horizontal cylindrical segment with hieroglyphs on both curved and flat sides.
Event Date 29/08/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Amendments / updates)
Budge (1896) notes that the scarab was from Abydos. This has been added to the Place field.
Event Date 30/4/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:281156

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