Figurine

E3844

From: Egypt | Hierakonpolis

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E3844
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Archaic
Provenience Egypt | Hierakonpolis
Locus Main Deposit
Period Dynasty 0 | Archaic
Date Made 3000 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Hematite
Iconography Scorpion
Description

Small figurine of a scorpion (tail missing). The four legs are carefully articulated on each side of the body. The two eyes are deeply drilled probably for the insertion of inlays.

Height 4 cm
Length 11.5 cm
Width 6 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; James Quibell, 1898
Other Number AES636 - Other Number

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