Title: Mold for a Scarab
Object type: Mold, scarab
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Medium: Pottery
Dimensions: Diam. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.); Th. 1.6 cm (5/8 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Malqata various  MMA excavations, probably 1910–11 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Scarabs