A modern pendant setting holding an inscribed scarab
Object type: Scarab (in modern pendant)
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Medium: Glazed steatite, gold
Dimensions: Scarab: L. 1.5 x W. 1.1 cm (9/16 x 7/16 in.); with mount L. 2.6 x W. 1.3 x Th. 1.0 cm.
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: Bequest of Evelyn M. Kelly, 2006
Accession year: 2007
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Scarabs