The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scarab

Period:: Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty:: Dynasty 17–18
Date:: ca. 1991–1450 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, el-Asasif, Tomb CC 62, Burial G, Carnarvon
Medium:: Green glazed steatite
Credit Line:: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession Number:: 26.7.581

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)

Glazing (3,020)

Talc (2,040)

Steatite (2,030)
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.

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