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
Type
Subject
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.