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Canaanite Glazed Scarab  with Crocodile - 18K Gold
Large steatite scarab with blue - greenish glazing

Middle Bronze Age, which dates ca. 1650-1500 BC

18K gold ,modern setting

Dimensions:

Height( 1 cm ) Width(1.6 cm) Length(2.3 cm) Condition: Excellent Condition, Intact, not repaired and not restored.

The scarab depicts a crocodile displayed vertically next to a falcon-headed figure, a design that is well-attested on late Middle Bronze Age Canaanite scarabs

Canaanite scarabs of this period were found in Egypt in significant numbers throughout the Nile valley indicating the close cultural and commercial contacts between Egypt and Palestine in the Hyksos period

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1- Shipping " one week delivery "

3- Export Approval from the Antiquities Authority in Israel

3- certificate of authenticity.

Bibliography:

Scarabs, Chronology, and Interconnections Egypt and Palestine in the Second Intermediate Period- Dr.Daphna Ben-Tor.Curator of Egyptian Archaeology at Israeli Museum in Jerusalem.