Object

Accession No

1948.2770 D

Description

A faience or steatite scarab of Hatshepsut.

Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt

Period

New Kingdom XVIII Dynasty

Source

Acworth, Marion Whiteford [donor]; Acworth, Joseph John [collector]; Tyssen-Amherst, William Amhurst (Baron) [collector]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1948.2770 D; 64; 627; 1254; 719 [Amherst No.]; 16 [Acworth No.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Stone; Steatite; Glazed composition; Faience

Local Term

Measurements

Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
The underside of the mount is marked '16' in red ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
The underside of the mount is marked '1254 B[illegible] 6 LB' in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
The underside of the mount is marked 'Amh. Coll 719' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
A small, white and green, hand written label affixed with string reads '1254' in pencil on one side and 'BL 6LB' in pencil on the other side.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
A white, hand written label affixed with string reads '627' on one side in black ink and 'Hat-shepsut' on the other side in blue ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
A yellow, hand written label affixed with string reads '64' in blue ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
The underside of the mount is marked 'VI 21' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Auction / Sale)
The marks on the mount suggests this was brought from the Amherst Sale which took place in June 1921 under the auctioneers Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge.
Event Date 6/1921
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Twelve glazed composition and steatite scarabs of Hatshepsut.
Event Date 1948
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Five faience or steatite scarabs of Hatshepsut.
Event Date 19/6/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
A faience or steatite scarab of Hatshepsut.
Event Date 31/3/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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