Winged scarab

Unknown

332–30 B.C. · Faience · Egyptian Art

Large scarabs and their separately molded wings were made with holes to be sewn to mummy wrappings or worked into bead nets. They would then lie over the chest of the mummy. The type is known from Dynasty 25 onward.

Artist

Unknown

Date

332–30 B.C.

Medium

Faience

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915