Scarab
E13038
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Egypt
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E13038 |
| Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
| Provenience | Egypt |
| Period | Third Intermediate Period | Twenty-Second Dynasty |
| Date Made | 945-924 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Steatite |
| Description | Like the Egyptians, the Phoenicians used carved stones shaped like scarab beetles as amulets and to seal baskets, jars, and documents. This steatite scarab is inscribed with the name of 22nd Dynasty King, Hedjkheperre Setepenre (Sheshonq I). |
| Height | 0 cm |
| Length | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Thickness | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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