The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Scarab Inscribed With a Private Name (?)

Scarab Inscribed With a Private Name (?)

Period:: New Kingdom
Dynasty:: Dynasty 18, early
Date:: ca. 1550–1458 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, el-Asasif, Carnarvon 1911 (?)
Medium:: Red jasper
Credit Line:: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession Number:: 26.7.691

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Excavated by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter. Acquired by Carnarvon in the division of finds. Carnarvon Collection purchased by the Museum from Lady Carnarvon, 1926.
See also
What
Sculpture (24,350)

Scarabs (3,371)

Chalcedony (2,967)

Jasper (435)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Egypt (29,889)

Upper Egypt (13,662)

Thebes (10,570)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,709)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 2000–1000 B.C.