Scarab Inscribed with Hieroglyphs in a Rope Border
Object type: Scarab, nefer re, rope border
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid to late Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1740–1640 B.C.
Medium: Steatite, traces of green glaze
Dimensions: L. 1.6 × W. 1.1 × H. 0.7 cm (5/8 × 7/16 × 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: Hieroglyphs|Scarabs