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Title: Scarab with the Name of the Hyksos King Sheshi
Period: Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 14
Reign: reign of Sheshi
Date: ca. 1700 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Eastern Delta
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: l. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in)
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession Number: 30.8.459
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