Scarab Set in a Ring Bezel
Object type: Scarab, Setting, giraffe
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose I–Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1504–1425 B.C.
Medium: Glazed steatite, electrum
Dimensions: L. 1.6 cm × W. 1 cm × H. 0.7 cm (5/8 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb CC 37
Locus: Burial 59A
Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Scarabs