Scarab Inscribed With the Name of Princess Neferure
Object type: Scarab, Neferure
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Green glazed steatite
Dimensions: l. 1.2 cm (1/2 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb CC 43
Locus: Burial 7
Excavation: Carnarvon excavations, 1912
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Scarabs