Scarab depicting a griffin
Object type: Scarab, griffin
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 17–18
Date: ca. 1786–1482 B.C.
Medium: Green paste
Dimensions: L. 1.4 × W. 1 × H. 0.7 cm (9/16 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb CC 37
Locus: Burial 59D
Excavation: Carnarvon excavations, 1911
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Griffins|Scarabs