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Double Scarab

New Kingdom
ca. 1491–1473 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116
This tiny double scarab was found with twenty-three other scarabs and seal-amulets in the coffin of a young woman who was buried in Hatnefer's tomb (see 36.3.1 and 36.3 26). The base is inscribed with a pattern of incised lines.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Double Scarab
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
  • Reign: reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign
  • Date: ca. 1491–1473 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), coffin IV, burial 1, MMA excavations, 1935–36
  • Medium: Glazed steatite
  • Dimensions: L. 0.6 cm (1/4 in.); W. 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); H. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936
  • Object Number: 36.3.39
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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