Scarab Commemorating the King's Marriage to Queen Tiye
Object type: Scarab, commemorative, marriage, Amenhotep III, Queen Tiye
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); W. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.); H. 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Accession year: 1910
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Scarabs