Scarab Inscribed for Queen Ahmose
Object type: Scarab, ring bezel, Ahmose, principal queen
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose I
Date: ca. 1504–1492 B.C.
Medium: Gold, glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.7 cm (11/16 in.); W. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); H. 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71)
Locus: coffin III, burial 2, left hand
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Scarabs