Scarab with Maatkare on base
Object type: Scarab, Maatkare (Hatshepsut)
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Steatite, blue glazed
Dimensions: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Hatshepsut Hole
Locus: Hathor shrines (?)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1923
Accession year: 1923
Tags: Scarabs