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Scarab with bird and papyrus stems

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The bottom of this scarab shows a bird (an owl, G17?) and a long, small motif (?) on the hieroglyph “nb” (V30). Two hanging branches are located on the flanks. The Hyksos style decoration and morphology suggest a Canaanite production, dated to Middle Bronze Age II.
Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels
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Title: Scarab with bird and papyrus stems
Description:
The bottom of this scarab shows a bird (an owl, G17?) and a long, small motif (?) on the hieroglyph “nb” (V30).
Two hanging branches are located on the flanks.
The Hyksos style decoration and morphology suggest a Canaanite production, dated to Middle Bronze Age II.

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