Abstract
Fourteen scarabs were retrieved from the Late Bronze Age I burial level at Ḥorbat Zelef. The assemblage is relatively homogeneous, mostly dating to the Middle Kingdom, some are imported from Egypt and some are local products. Their placement within a well-dated LB I burial context upholds that they were preserved for several generations as heirlooms, and finally used as a funerary deposit.
Keywords
scarab design, Egypt, Chronology, art, engravings, hieroglyphics
Recommended Citation
Keel, Othmar and Münger, Stefan
(2011)
"Scarabs from a Burial Cave near Ḥorbat Zelef (pp. 47–57),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 68, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1439
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol68/iss1/4
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