Seal, Scarab-shaped
Seal, Scarab-shaped
Place of OriginEgypt
Date19th Dynasty or later (1292–30 BCE)
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 (1550-1292 BCE), about 1400 BCE
Hyksos, 17th-16th century BCE
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1400 BCE
Possibly Hyksos, shortly before 1580 BCE
16th–18th Dynasties (1650–1292 BCE)
12th–18th Dynasties (1991–1292 BCE)
12th Dynasty (1991–1802 BCE)
19th Dynasty (1292–1189 BCE)
12th–18th Dynasties (1991–1292 BCE)
11th Dynasty (2130–1991 BCE)
19th Dynasty (1292–1189 BCE)
12th Dynasty (1991–1802 BCE), about 1849–1801 BCE
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