Scarab with Hathor-like Canaanite Goddess ca. 1640-1500 B.C. (Middle Bronze Age IIB-IIC) Second Intermediate Period Around the middle of Dynasty 13 (ca. 1802-1640 B.C.), scarabs carved in the eastern Nile Delta, at a site presently known as Tell el-Daba, show decorative elements that reveal Canaanite influence. Part of the population in this region was of Levantine origin. Soon afterward, at the beginning of the Second Intermediate Period (ca. 1700/1640 B.C), when Canaanites took political control over the Delta, a Canaanite production of scarabs is initiated; these scarabs also show details on their back and sides that distinguish them from Egyptian Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period scarabs. These Canaanite scarabs (ca. 1700-1500 B.C.) imitate Egyptian late Middle Kingdom models (ca. 1850-1640 B.C.) while also introducing new decorative elements and symbols. This Canaanite scarab shows a female face in frontal view with large plume-like extensions on her head. This is an
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