Scarab of an Official
Object type: Scarab, official, private name and title, funerary epithet, Mesut
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid to late Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1740–1640 B.C.
Medium: Bright blue glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.8 × W. 1.3 × H. 0.6 cm (11/16 × 1/2 × 1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: Cemetery
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Scarabs