Scarab of an Official
Object type: Scarab, official, private name and title, Nebirut, scroll border
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1760–1670 B.C.
Medium: Blue glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 2.7 × W. 1.8 × H. 1.3 cm (1 1/16 × 11/16 × 1/2 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery south of pyramid below House A3.1
Locus: Pit 348
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Scarabs