The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Scarab

Scarab

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Scarab

Period:: Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty:: Dynasty 17–18
Date:: ca. 1635–1458 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, el-Asasif, Courtyard CC 41, Tomb R 2, Burial E 3, On body, MMA 1915–1916
Medium:: Steatite (glazed)
Dimensions:: l. 1.3 cm (1/2 in)
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1916
Accession Number:: 16.10.257

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Provenance

Museum excavations, 1915–16. Acquired by the Museum in the division of finds, 1916.
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What
Sculpture (24,354)

Scarabs (3,372)

Glazing (3,078)

Talc (2,045)

Steatite (2,035)
Where
Africa (33,578)

Egypt (29,894)

Upper Egypt (13,570)

Thebes (10,504)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,741)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,256)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 2000–1000 B.C.

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