Title: Scarab Inscribed for the Living Horus Wosretkau (Hatshepsut)
Object type: Scarab; Wosretkau, living Horus, cobra; simple back
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Medium: Steatite (glazed)
Dimensions: W. 1.4 × L. 1.8 cm (9/16 × 11/16 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri Temple of Hatshepsut Foundation Deposit 8 (H) MMA excavations, 1926–27 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hieroglyphs, term: Scarabs