Scarab Inscribed With a Protective Motif
Object type: Scarab, Lion-headed sphinx
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Ahmose–Joint reign
Date: ca. 1550–1458 B.C.
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.5 cm (9/16 in); w. 1.2 cm (1/2 in); th. 0.8 cm (5/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Birds|Sphinx|Scarabs