Scarab Inscribed Lord of the Two Lands Maatkare (Hatshepsut)
Object type: Scarab; Maatkare, Lord of the Two Lands; simple back
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Steatite (glazed)
Dimensions: L. 1.3 × W. 1 cm (1/2 × 3/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: Foundation Deposit 9 (I)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Scarabs