Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut
Object type: Scarab, ring bezel, Hatshepsut, God's Wife
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign
Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Medium: Silver, glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 2 cm (13/16 in.); W. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); H. 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71)
Locus: coffin III, burial 1b, hands
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936
Tags: Scarabs