Scarab of an Official
Object type: Scarab, official, private name and title, funerary epithet, Ay
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid to late Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1740–1640 B.C.
Medium: Steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.6 × W. 1.2 × H. 0.6 cm (5/8 × 7/16 × 1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: Cemetery
Excavation: MMA excavations
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Scarabs