Scarab Inscribed With the Name Nefertari
Object type: Scarab, Nefertari
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Ahmose I
Date: ca. 1550–1525 B.C.
Medium: Blue glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb CC 43
Locus: Burial 12
Excavation: Carnarvon excavations, 1912
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926