Amulet
Category
Archaeological material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bead, Stone
Measurements
63 mm (Diameter)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 887681
Summary
Six ancient Egyptian seals in the shape of scarab beetles, which were strung together in modern times but not related in antiquity. An old label is still attached, one side reading: '6 Scarabs of the VIth Dyn, (Memphis) B.C. 3,300 to 3,100 but probably yet earlier (E.A Wallis Budge)'. The reverse of label reads: 'Inscribed with names of official signs of good luck, stability, rejuvenescence'. E.A. Wallis Budge was Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities in the British Museum from 1894-1924, but the purported date of the scarabs is wrong, as is probably the provenance. Information supplied by Marcel Marée , Assistant Keeper at the Department of Ancient Egypt & Sudan, British Museum, London.
Provenance
Probably acquired on transfer of the house to the National Trust. The family travelled extensively before WW1 and the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953, had a career in the Diplomatic Service from 1906-1930.