Scarab
Object type: Scarab, Setting, winged scarab
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Ahmose I–Thutmose II
Date: ca. 1550–1479 B.C.
Medium: Egyptian blue, gold
Dimensions: L. 2.5 cm (1 in); w. 1.7 cm (11/16 in); h. 1 cm (3/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb CC 37, Hall (C)
Locus: burial 24
Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Scarabs