Scarab
Object type: Scarab
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Blue steatite
Dimensions: 1.3 cm
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Hatshepsut Hole
Locus: Hathor Shrine
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1923
Accession year: 1923
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Scarabs