Seal, Scarab-shaped
Seal, Scarab-shaped
Place of OriginEgypt
DatePossibly Hyksos, shortly before 1580 BCE
DimensionsH: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); W: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm); Depth: 1/4 in. (0.7 cm)
MediumSteatite; glazed.
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineGift of Henry W. Wilhelm
Object number
1927.67
Not on View
DescriptionDevice: geometrical. back: conventionalized; elytra & prothorax unmarked. Cutting fair. Pierced lengthwise. Glaze gone light brown.
Hyksos, 17th-16th century BCE
19th Dynasty or later (1292–30 BCE)
12th Dynasty (1991–1802 BCE)
16th–18th Dynasties (1650–1292 BCE)
12th–18th Dynasties (1991–1292 BCE)
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1400 BCE
12th–18th Dynasties (1991–1292 BCE)
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1400 BCE
11th Dynasty (2130–1991 BCE)
19th Dynasty (1292–1189 BCE)
12th Dynasty (1991–1802 BCE), about 1849–1801 BCE
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1500 BCE
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