Winged Scarab Pendant

New Kingdom, Ramesside

ca. 1208–1202 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 122

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Title: Winged Scarab Pendant
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19–20
Reign: reign of Siptah
Date: ca. 1208–1202 BCE
Geography: Probably from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, KV 56 (Gold Tomb), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1908
Medium: Carnelian
Dimensions: diam. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in)
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Object Number: 26.7.1350
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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