Accession No

1948.2800 L


Description

A dark blue ?stone scaraboid with suspension hole. The top is smooth and undecorated. The underside is decorated with an image of a horse.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Abydos


Period

Third Intermediate Period XXV Dynasty


Source

Acworth, Marion Whiteford [donor]; Acworth, Joseph John [collector]; Meux, Valerie (Lady) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.2800 L; 36; 1321; 737 [Meux No.]; 827 [Acworth No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

?Stone; ?Lapis lazuli


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
A white, hand written label affixed with string reads '1321' in black ink on one side and 'XXV?' in pencil on the other side.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
The underside of the mount is marked '827' in red ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
A small, yellow, oval, typed label adhered to the underside of the mount is marked '737' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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)
A yellow, hand written label affixed with string reads '36' 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. 255. no. 737.
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 dark blue ?stone scaraboid with suspension hole. The top is smooth and undecorated. The underside is decorated with an image of a horse.
Event Date 02/10/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Amendments / updates)
The Period field previously stated XXII Dynasty; Saite Period. The label affixed however notes a date of ?XXV Dynasty. Because the idno 1948.2800 A-R has been split from one record into individual records, this reference to a date range could be for another scarab(s) - the Accession register notes the whole group 1948.2800 dates from XXII Dynasty to the Saite Period. The field has been updated to reflect the individual scarab's labelling.
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 2/10/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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