Cabinet belonging to James Grant Bey, containing his scarab collection. Each scarab is mounted and the collection is ordered in chronological sequence.
Winged scarab, uninscribed, in blue glazed ware. Heart scarab from a mummy, with perforations for stitching to the mummy wrappings. The wings on this scarab have been attached back to front, probably in the nineteenth century.
Mummy of lady of the house Ta-Khar, daughter of Tha-en-meh, wrapped in brown linen. Originally in both an inner and outer coffin, displayed here in inner coffin, with lid. The mummy was probably found at Qft or Luxor, and came to Marischal College in…