c. 1970s in the collection of Jerry L. Abramson, Dallas, Texas; lent to the Dallas Museum of Art since July 2005; given to DMA by Mr. Abramson's estate (accession date: January 30, 2009).

REASON FOR ACQUISITION AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE 1970 RULE: Provenance is established to 2005, and the work has been publicly exhibited since 2006.
Although the collector from whose estate the DMA acquired this work began collecting in the 1960s or '70s, the DMA has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition because of the death of the former owner. The DMA's collection contains only four scarabs or scaraboid seals or amulets, all donated by the same collector or his estate, which fill what would otherwise be a gap in the collection of Egyptian funerary art.

EXHIBITION HISTORY: DMA, July 2006 through the present.