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Giant sculpture of a scarab beetle. 3/4 view. Scarabs (Scarabeus sacer) represent rebirth and are associated with the rising sun. From Istanbul, modern Turkey. Egyptian, said to be Ptolemaic (305-330 BCE), and may have been taken to Constantinople, when it was the capital of the later Roman Empire (from 330 CE). Diorite, 152.5 x 91.5 cm. Inv. EA 74.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART306757
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2484px × 1961px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
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4th century BCE
Colossal
Diorite, Marble
Insect
Ptolemaic period (332 BCE-30 CE)
Scarab, Sacred Beetle
Sculpture