The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Scarab of Horhetep

Scarab of Horhetep

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Scarab of Horhetep

Period:: Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty:: Dynasty 13 to 1700 B.C.
Date:: ca. 1802–1700 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, west of mastaba 954 not on map, Surface burial 951, MMA 1921–1922
Medium:: Steatite, glazed
Dimensions:: l. 2 cm (13/16 in)
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession Number:: 22.1.245

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Provenance

Excavated by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Acquired by the Museum in the division of finds.
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What
Sculpture (24,350)

Scarabs (3,371)

Glazing (3,020)

Talc (2,040)

Steatite (2,030)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Egypt (29,889)

Mersa Matrûh (3,923)

Al Lisht (3,895)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,709)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 2000–1000 B.C.

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