id:			102387
accession number:	1921.1030
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1030
updated:		2025-04-16 18:09:33.116000

Heart Scarab of Nefer, 1540–1296 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18. Graywacke; overall: 2.9 x 5.7 x 7.6 cm (1 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 3 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1921.1030

title:				Heart Scarab of Nefer
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creation date:			1540–1296 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1540
creation date latest:		-1296
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creditline:			The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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culture:	Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18
technique:	graywacke
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - New Kingdom
type:		Scarabs
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measurements: Overall: 2.9 x 5.7 x 7.6 cm (1 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 3 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession
	opening date:   2023-04-01T04:00:00
	<i>Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, State Theatre, 28 September-16 October 1922, publicity campaign', 'opening_date': '1922-09-28T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Formerly in the collection of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, Didlington Hall, Norfolk; sold: Amherst Sale, lot 597. Purchased through Howard Carter
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 8, no. 9 (1921): 138-41.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 138
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136519

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 525
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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1030/1921.1030_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1030/1921.1030_full.tif