Title: Scarab Inscribed for Queen Ahmose
Object type: Scarab, ring bezel, Ahmose, principal queen
Date: ca. 1504–1492 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose I
Medium: Gold, glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.7 cm (11/16 in.); W. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); H. 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71) coffin III, burial 2, left hand MMA excavations, 1935–36 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hieroglyphs, term: Scarabs