Scarab Decorated with Symbol of Unification
Object type: Scarab, sema tawy
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Late Dynasty 12–13
Date: ca. 1981–1295 B.C.
Medium: Glazed steatite, traces of blue glaze
Dimensions: L. 1.7 × W. 1.2 × H. 0.6 cm (11/16 × 1/2 × 1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: Cemetery
Locus: debris
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Scarabs