Title: Scarab of an Official
Object type: Scarab, official, private name and title, Nebirut, scroll border
Date: ca. 1760–1670 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid Dynasty 13
Medium: Blue glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 2.7 × W. 1.8 × H. 1.3 cm (1 1/16 × 11/16 × 1/2 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North cemetery south of pyramid below House A3.1 Pit 348 MMA excavations, 1920–22 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hieroglyphs, term: Scarabs