Scarab Inscribed for Pharaoh Aya (I)
Object type: Scarab, Merneferre Aya, good god, cartouche
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid Dynasty 13
Reign: reign of Merneferre Aya
Date: ca. 1700–1676 B.C.
Medium: Green glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.9 × W. 1.4 × H. 0.9 cm (3/4 × 9/16 × 3/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: Cemetery
Locus: debris
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Cartouches|Hieroglyphs|Scarabs