Gold Base Plate of a Scarab of an Official
Object type: Scarab cap (no longer on ring), base plate cover, scrolls, official private name
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: L. 2.8 × W. 1.8 × H. 0.3 cm (1 1/8 × 11/16 × 1/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: south of Tomb of Nakht (493), south cemetery
Locus: Pit 453
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession year: 1915
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Scarabs