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<em>Scaraboid</em>. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.597_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Scaraboid. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.597_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Scaraboid</em>. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.597_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Scaraboid. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.597_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Scaraboid</em>. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.597_view1.jpg)

Scaraboid. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.597_view1.jpg)

<em>Scaraboid</em>. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.597_view2.jpg)

Scaraboid. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.597_view2.jpg)

<em>Scaraboid</em>. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.597_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Scaraboid. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.597_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Scaraboid</em>. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.597_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Scaraboid. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.597_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

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Scaraboid

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Steatite, glaze
PERIOD New Kingdom (possibly) or later
DIMENSIONS 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.597
CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Scaraboid. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.597_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
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<em>Scaraboid</em>. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.597. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.597_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

TAGS

Cow Ears
Deity
Engraved
Female
Glazed
Goddess
Green
Hathor
Head
Incised
Loops
Pierced
Scaraboid
Steatite

TAGS

Cow Ears
Deity
Engraved
Female
Glazed
Goddess
Green
Hathor
Head
Incised
Loops
Pierced
Scaraboid
Steatite

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