**Originally Listed At $200**

Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic period, ca. 712 to 332 BCE. A group of three black / brown steatite scarabs and one white terracotta scarab. All but the brown steatite one have details of head, body, and legs; all but the smaller black one have glyph or glyph-like motifs incised into their undersides; all four are pierced for suspension. Amulets of the scarab were hugely popular for over a thousand years in ancient Egypt, a symbol with staying power similar to that of the Christian cross; they seem to have been worn and carried by the living, although by Late Dynastic period, they had also become part of the increasingly elaborate battery of items to be placed into graves for protection of the dead. Size of largest: 0.9" W (2.3 cm)

Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection acquired before 2000

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Pottery scarab has wear on surface. The form, especially of the head and base, is in very nice condition. The three steatite scarabs have light wear with slight encrustation.