Scarab wings
- Accession Number
- AB42
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Drawers beneath stelae, Drawer 5
- Object Type
- Scarab, seal, scaraboid, intaglio and similar objects, Scarab
- Period
- Late Period
- Dynasty
- Twenty-sixth Dynasty
- Material
- Faience
- Provenance
- Egypt, Abydos
- Measurements
- Left wing: Length: 31mm | Height: 21mm | Depth: 5mm Right wing: Length: 30mm | Height: 22mm | Depth: 5mm
- Number of Elements
- 2
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Animal
- Scarab
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Licensing details
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- Description
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Two faience scarab wings, each with three holes for suspension. The scarab is catalogued as AB9. Winged scarabs seem to date from the Twenty-sixth Dynasty and were sewn onto the bandages of a mummy. Such a winged scarab would be positioned just below the breastbone.
- Other Identity
- 12 (Margaret Murray list)
- Previous Owners
- Egypt Exploration Society | John Bancroft Willans (1881–1957) | University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Acquisition
- Gift, The University of Wales, Aberystwyth (24 Mar 1997)
- Last modified: 08 Jun 2022