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‘Atiqot 68 (2011)
ISBN 2948-040X
Scarabs from a Burial Cave near Horbat Zelef
(pp. 47–57)
Othmar Keel and Stefan Münger
Keywords: scarab design, Egypt, Chronology, art, engravings, hieroglyphics
Fourteen scarabs were retrieved from the Late Bronze Age I burial level at Horbat 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.