Seal, Scarab-shaped
Seal, Scarab-shaped
Place of OriginEgypt
Date19th Dynasty or later
DimensionsH: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); W: 3/8 in. (1 cm); Depth: 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
MediumSteatite; glazed.
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineGift of Henry W. Wilhelm
Object number
1927.68
Not on View
DescriptionDevice: apes adoring obelisk. Back: naturalistic; division between elytra marked. Cutting, fair. Pierced lengthwise. green glaze nearly all gone light brown.
18th Dynasty, about 1400 BCE
Hyksos, 17th-16th century BCE
Possibly Hyksos, shortly before 1580 BCE
Probably 18th Dynasty, about 1400 BCE
16th to 18th Dynasty
12th-18th Dynasty
12th Dynasty or Hyksos Period
12th-18th Dynasty
Probably not earlier than 19th Dynasty
Dynasty 11 or thereabouts, around 2100 BCE
Not earlier than 19th Dynasty
XIIth Dynasty, 1849-1801 BCE
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