Title: Scarab of an Official
Object type: Scarab, private name and titles, official, astronomer, Ankh
Date: ca. 1760–1670 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid Dynasty 13
Medium: Hard brownish mottled stone
Dimensions: L. 1.9 × W. 1.3 × H. 0.8 cm (3/4 × 1/2 × 5/16 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