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Egyptian inscribed scarab (Tuthmosis III)

"Scarab amulets such as this one were worn as emblems of life and rebirth. The image is based on the Egyptian belief that dung beetles, which rolled balls of manure containing their eggs, could spontaneously regenerate themselves. This steatite (or soapstone) scarab dates from the time of the p...

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Format: Physical Object
Language:Egyptian
Subjects:
Scarabs > Egypt > Specimens.
Inscriptions, Egyptian.
Bes (Egyptian deity) > Pictorial works.
Thutmose > III, > King of Egypt > Pictorial works.
Egypt > History > New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C. > Antiquities.
Thutmose > III, > King of Egypt.
Scarabs.
Egypt.
Specimens.

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Call Number: DT62.S3 E39 1504 B.C.E.
 
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