Accession No
1948.2800 I
Description
A rectangular green glazed steatite plaque or amulet. One side is decorated with a horse and the other is decorated with a wadjet eye.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Abydos
Period
XXII Dynasty - Saite Period
Source
Acworth, Marion Whiteford [donor]; Acworth, Joseph John [collector]; Meux, Valerie (Lady) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.2800 I; 4; 1322; 1671 [Meux No.]; 934 [Acworth No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Steatite
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Other owners)
The small, yellow label adhered to the underside of the mount indicates this scarab was once in the collection of Lady Valerie Meux.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
The underside of the mount is marked '934' in red ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
A yellow, hand written label affixed with string reads '4' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
A white, hand written label affixed with string reads '1322' in black ink on one side and 'late XVIII' in blue ink on the other side.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
A small, yellow, oval, typed label adhered to the underside of the mount is marked '1671' 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. 312. no. 1671.
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 Waring and Gillow, Ltd (Auctioneers), or possibly through a third party.
Event Date 05/1911
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Eighteen plaques of jasper, lapis, glazed composition and steatite. Various inscriptions
Event Date 1948
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A rectangular green glazed steatite plaque or amulet. One side is decorated with a horse and the other is decorated with a wadjet eye.
Event Date 01/10/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Amendments / updates)
The Accession register notes the whole group 1948.2800 dates from XXII Dynasty to the Saite Period. Other individual objects in this group have been more specifically dated.
Event Date 1/10/2020
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 1/10/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
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