Title: Scarab of the Storehouse Overseer Wah
Object type: Scarab, bracelet, Wah
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Medium: Silver, electrum, glazed steatite, linen cord
Dimensions: scarab: l. 3.9 cm (1 1/2 in.); w. 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.); h. 2.5 cm (1 in.); barrel bead: l. 1.4 cm (9/16 in.); diam. 1 cm (3/8 in.); cylindrical bead: l. 1.9 cm (3/4 in.); 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
overall length: 43 cm (16 15/16 in)
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1940
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102) Mummy, over crossed wrists MMA excavations, 1920 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hieroglyphs