Title: Scarab Base with Incised Lion and Cobra
Object type: Scarab, lion, uraeus, spiral
Date: 664–525 B.C.
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26
Medium: Green glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.5 × W. 1.2 × H. 0.4 cm (9/16 × 1/2 × 3/16 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1926
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri Tomb of Khety (TT 311, MMA 508)  MMA excavations, 1922–23 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Lions, term: Snakes