Scarab Inscribed with the Name Maatkare Over a Papyrus Thicket
Object type: Scarab; Maatkare, papyrus; simple back
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Steatite (glazed)
Dimensions: L. 1.8 cm (11/16 in.); w. 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: Foundation Deposit 7 (G)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Scarabs