Amulet

Scarab

MS2776

From: Italy | Etruria | Narce

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS2776
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Faliscan | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Narce
Locus Tomb 1
Section Mediterranean
Materials Faience
Description

Faience. The signs incised on surface are unintelligible. They bear some resemblance to Egyptian hieroglyphs but in the opinion of Professor Hermann Ranke were not cut by an Egyptian.

Length 1.4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1898

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