<em>Small Plaque with Scarabeus in Relief</em>, 305 B.C.E. – 395 C.E. Gold, 7/8 × 5/8 (2.2 × 1.6). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.800E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.800E_overall.JPG)

Small Plaque with Scarabeus in Relief, 305 B.C.E. – 395 C.E. Gold, 7/8 × 5/8 (2.2 × 1.6). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.800E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.800E_overall.JPG)

Small Plaque with Scarabeus in Relief, 305 B.C.E. – 395 C.E. Gold, 7/8 × 5/8 (2.2 × 1.6). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.800E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.800E_37.810E_37.811E_37.812E_37.813E_37.817E_37.819E_37.829E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

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Small Plaque with Scarabeus in Relief

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Gold

Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt

DATES 305 B.C.E. – 395 C.E.

PERIOD Ptolemaic Period to Roman Period

DIMENSIONS 7/8 × 5/8 (2.2 × 1.6) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.800E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not yet documented, reportedly from Saqqara, Egypt; by 1852, collected in Egypt by Henry Abbott; 1859, purchased from Henry Abbott by the New-York Historical Society, New York, NY; September 1948, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.

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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Plaque with scarabeus in relief, impressed into a piece of sheet gold. Clear marks of very fine tooling on obverse. Condition: Corners bent up. Slight break in edge on left below. Dark brown stains on front across middle of scarab and elsewhere; one stain on reverse on thorax of scarab otherwise fairly clear of bitumen.

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Solid Gold

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Small Plaque with Scarabeus in Relief, 305 B.C.E. – 395 C.E. Gold, 7/8 × 5/8 (2.2 × 1.6). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.800E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.800E_overall.JPG)

IMAGE overall, CUR.37.800E_overall.JPG. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2023

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