Title: Gold Base Plate of a Scarab of an Official
Object type: Scarab cap (no longer on ring), base plate cover, scrolls, official private name
Date: ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 13
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: L. 2.8 × W. 1.8 × H. 0.3 cm (1 1/8 × 11/16 × 1/8 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North south of Tomb of Nakht (493), south cemetery Pit 453 MMA excavations, 1913–14 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hieroglyphs, term: Scarabs