Seal, Scarab-shaped
Seal, Scarab-shaped
Place of OriginEgypt
DateHyksos, 17th-16th century BCE
DimensionsH: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); W: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm); Depth: 5/16 in. (0.8 cm)
MediumSteatite; glazed.
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineGift of Henry W. Wilhelm
Object number
1927.66
Not on View
DescriptionDevice: oryx, crocodile. Back: conventionalized, no division between elytra. Cutting: fair. Pierced lenthwise. Glaze gone light gray-brown.
19th Dynasty or later
Possibly Hyksos, shortly before 1580 BCE
12th Dynasty or Hyksos Period
16th to 18th Dynasty
12th-18th Dynasty
18th Dynasty, about 1400 BCE
12th-18th Dynasty
Probably 18th Dynasty, about 1400 BCE
Dynasty 11 or thereabouts, around 2100 BCE
Not earlier than 19th Dynasty
XIIth Dynasty, 1849-1801 BCE
Probably not earlier than 19th Dynasty
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