Seal, Scarab-shaped
Seal, Scarab-shaped
Place of OriginEgypt
Date18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1400 BCE
DimensionsH: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); W: 3/8 in. (1 cm)
MediumSteatite, glazed.
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineGift of Henry W. Wilhelm
Object number
1927.60
Not on View
DescriptionDevice: plant, bee hieroglyphs. Back: naturalistic, division between elytra marked; cutting good. Glazed. Pierced lengthwise. Glaze gone light brown.
19th Dynasty or later (1292–30 BCE)
16th–18th Dynasties (1650–1292 BCE)
12th–18th Dynasties (1991–1292 BCE)
12th Dynasty (1991–1802 BCE)
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1400 BCE
12th–18th Dynasties (1991–1292 BCE)
Hyksos, 17th-16th century BCE
Possibly Hyksos, shortly before 1580 BCE
12th Dynasty (1991–1802 BCE), about 1849–1801 BCE
19th Dynasty (1292–1189 BCE)
11th Dynasty (2130–1991 BCE)
19th Dynasty (1292–1189 BCE)
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