Title: Scarab Inscribed for Pharaoh Aya (I)
Object type: Scarab, Merneferre Aya, cartouche, hieroglyphs, royal title
Date: ca. 1700–1676 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid Dynasty 13
Reign: reign of Merneferre Aya
Medium: Steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.9 × W. 1.4 × H. 0.7 cm (3/4 × 9/16 × 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: Scarabs