Scarab Incised with Hieroglyphs
Object type: Scarab, hieroglyphs, ankh, sA, nefer
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1760–1670 B.C.
Medium: Bright blue glazed steatite
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 south of pyramid (location not recorded)
Locus: Pit 467
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession year: 1915
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Scarabs