Title: Scarab of an Official
Object type: Scarab, official, private name and title, funerary epithet, Mesut
Date: ca. 1740–1640 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid to late Dynasty 13
Medium: Bright blue glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.8 × W. 1.3 × H. 0.6 cm (11/16 × 1/2 × 1/4 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North Cemetery  MMA excavations, 1920–22 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Scarabs