The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Scarab

Scarab

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Scarab

Period:: Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty:: Dynasty 12–18
Date:: ca. 1981–1295 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Cemetery, Radim, MMA 1920–1922
Medium:: Glazed steatite with traces of green
Dimensions:: 15/16 in. (2.5 cm)
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession Number:: 22.1.318

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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 (24,355)

Scarabs (3,372)

Glazing (3,102)

Talc (2,067)

Steatite (2,057)
Where
Africa (33,577)

Egypt (29,893)

Mersa Matrûh (3,925)

Al Lisht (3,896)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,742)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,256)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 2000–1000 B.C.

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