Scarab
Scarab

Currently not on view

Scarab,

1479 – 332 BCE

Canaanite, 3000 - 1200 BCE
New Kingdom to Late Period , not before the reign of Thutmose III, ca. 712–332 BCE | likely later in date, 18th Dynasty – 30th Dynasty, ca. 1550–1295 BCE
y1946-396

Information

Title
Scarab
Dates

1479 – 332 BCE

Medium
Most likely calcite, possibly dolomite
Dimensions
h. 2.0 cm., w. 1.5 cm., d. 1.1 cm. (13/16 x 5/8 x 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object Number
y1946-396
Culture
Egyptian (ancient)
Type
religious objects, scarabs, amulets
Subject
cartouches, hieroglyphics

Formerly in the Ira Nelson Morris collection; acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art at an unknown date from an unknown source; given to the Princeton Museum in 1946 by the Met.

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