Scarab Decorated with Scroll
Object type: Scarab, scroll
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: early Dynasty 12
Date: ca. 1981–1850 B.C.
Medium: Steatite, traces of green glaze
Dimensions: L. 1.2 × W. 0.8 × H. 0.5 cm (7/16 × 5/16 × 3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locus: debris
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922