Scarab set in a ring bezel
This carnelian scarab is set in a gold mount that was intended to swivel on a wire ring like one found in the tomb of Hatnefer (36.3.3). On the base, it is inscribed with a simple X.
The scarab was found tied with linen cord to the left hand of the mummy of a twelve-year old boy named Amenhotep whose tomb was located on the hillside below the tomb of Hatshespsut's best-known courtier, Senenmut (36.3.252). Amenhotep had been provided with food offerings of bread, raisins, dates, pomegranate, sycamore figs, and dom palm nuts. There were also jars that may have held beer (36.3.161, 36.3.162, 36.3.164).
The scarab was found tied with linen cord to the left hand of the mummy of a twelve-year old boy named Amenhotep whose tomb was located on the hillside below the tomb of Hatshespsut's best-known courtier, Senenmut (36.3.252). Amenhotep had been provided with food offerings of bread, raisins, dates, pomegranate, sycamore figs, and dom palm nuts. There were also jars that may have held beer (36.3.161, 36.3.162, 36.3.164).
Artwork Details
- Title: Scarab set in a ring bezel
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
- Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, below the Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), burial of Amenhotep, ring finger of left hand, MMA excavations, 1935–36
- Medium: carnelian, gold
- Dimensions: Including mount: L. 1.3 cm (1/2 in); W. 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); H. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936
- Object Number: 36.3.158
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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