Ancient Art
Public domain

Heart scarab of woman named Nub-ity

1558–1085 B.C.

Green talc (softstone)

H. 2.5 cm. 1 in. L. 5.5 cm. 2 1/8 in. W. 3.9 cm. 1 1/2 in.
Anonymous gift
1937.155
Culture: 
Egyptian
Period: 
Dynasties 18–20
Classification: 
Jewelry
Status: 
Not on view
Provenance: 

Nicholas Tano, Cairo, 1920.

Bibliography: 

Gerry D. Scott, III, Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, 1st (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 112, no. 62, ill.

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