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Ancient Art
Public domain

Heart scarab of woman named Nub-ity

1558–1085 B.C.

Green talc (softstone)

1 × 2 3/16 × 9/16 in. (2.5 × 5.5 × 1.5 cm)
Anonymous gift
1937.155
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Egyptian
Period: 
Dynasties 18–20
Classification: 
Jewelry
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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