Rhinoceros beetle box, Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, h. 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in); l. 7 cm (2 3/4 in); w. 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in), This rather sinister horned creature seems to represent the rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes nascicarnis, which is native to the Mediterranean region. The small bronze sarcophagus that it guards once held a beetle mummy, though not necessarily of the same species
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Rhinoceros beetle box, Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C, Egypt, Cupreous metal, h, 6.4 cm, 2 1/2, l, 7 3/4, w, 5.9 5/16, sinister horned creature, seems, represent, rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes nascicarnis, native, Mediterranean region, small bronze, sarcophagus, guards, held, beetle mummy, necessarily, species
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