Scarab with Inscription Related to Ptah
Object type: Scarab, Ptahhotep, papyrus, blessing, hieroglyphs
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid to late Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1740–1640 B.C.
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 2.1 × W. 1.4 cm (13/16 × 9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Accession year: 1910