Title: Scarab of an Official
Object type: Scarab, official, private name and title, funerary epithet, Ay
Date: ca. 1740–1640 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid to late Dynasty 13
Medium: Steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.6 × W. 1.2 × H. 0.6 cm (5/8 × 7/16 × 1/4 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North Cemetery  MMA excavations 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hieroglyphs, term: Scarabs