Modern mounting showing a pectoral on which is mounted an ancient winged scarab framed by Kebéhsenouf and Hapi In the upper part an inscribed scaraboid, an amulet of Bès and an inscribed scarab. Embedded, two intaglios, one showing a crater, the other a caprid. Earthenware and carnelian. Egypt, ancient period (New Kingdom, Roman and Sassanid periods). 13,3 x 14,6 cm A Modern Display of Faience and Carnelian Artefacts (a Scarab, Kebeh-Senouf and Hapi), New Kingdom, Roman and Sasanian period

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