Seal, Scarab-shaped
Seal, Scarab-shaped
Place of OriginEgypt
Date12th–18th Dynasties (1991–1292 BCE)
DimensionsH: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm); W: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm); Depth: 3/8 in. (0.9 cm)
MediumSteatite.
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineGift of Henry W. Wilhelm
Object number
1927.61
Not on View
DescriptionDevice: scroll. Back: conventionalized, no division between elytra. Cutting: good. Glazed. Pierced lengthwise. Unbroken; green glaze mostly gone brown to light brown.
12th Dynasty (1991–1802 BCE)
12th–18th Dynasties (1991–1292 BCE)
16th–18th Dynasties (1650–1292 BCE)
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1400 BCE
Hyksos, 17th-16th century BCE
19th Dynasty or later (1292–30 BCE)
Possibly Hyksos, shortly before 1580 BCE
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1400 BCE
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1500 BCE
19th Dynasty (1292–1189 BCE)
12th Dynasty (1991–1802 BCE), about 1849–1801 BCE
11th Dynasty (2130–1991 BCE)
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