Anthropology, Department of
Date of this Version
1996
Abstract
The University of Nebraska State Museum (UNSM) houses a significant collection of nearly 100 ancient Egyptian scarabs. The collection is a wonderfully diverse group, providing examples of different usage and stylistic conventions, as well as spanning several periods of ancient Egyptian history (from the First Intermediate Period to the late New Kingdom). The scarabs vary in size, type of inscription they bear. and materials from which they were produced. This study statistically demonstrates that assignments of specific dimensions of scarab size and particular inscription types were not random occurrences. nor was the employment of certain materials and particular inscription types a random pairing.
Comments
Published in Nebraska Anthropologist Vol. 13 (1996-1997). Copyright © Sarah C. Guthmann; published by The University of Nebraska-Lincoln AnthroGroup.