Scarab
| Object Number: | 29-104-7 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Egyptian |
| Provenience: | Israel Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area: | CN II, 7; Class D |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Frit |
| Iconography: | Ptah |
| Height: | 0.9 cm |
| Length: | 1.4 cm |
| Width: | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line: | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number: | 859 - Field No SF |
Description
Blue frit. Bearing a figure of Ptah holding a was sceptre, before which are two djed pillars below two other obscure signs.
Oren: “Scarab.”
“Description: Blue frit. Porthorax and wing-case indicated, with head trapezoidal, two eyes outside and triangles on elytra.
Design: The winged disc of Behdet of Edfu on the top, and below the god Ptah holding a was scepter with a double djed in front. Similar scenes usually depict two ba-birds or soul birds, which are replaced here by a twisted cord and a man. Memphitic themes are generally Ramesside, and this particular scarab is assigned by Rowe in the field catalogue to the late XVIIIth or XIX Dynasty.”
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Canaan and Ancient Israel (18 Oct 1998 - 02 Aug 2021) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Oren, Eliezer D. 1973. The Northern Cemetery of Beth Shan.. Leiden. E. J. Brill. pg. xx, 307 p. with illus., 3 fold. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pages 124-5, no. 2; Page 217, opposite Figure 41; Figure 51, no. 14 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Fitzgerald, Gerald M. Excavations in the Northern Cemetery Area, 1922-1931.. Unpublished manuscript. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pl.28, No.4 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Keel, Othmar. 2010. Corpus der Stempelsiegel-Amulette aus Palästina/Israel : von den Anfängen bis zur Perserzeit.. Freiburg. Freiburg, Schweiz. Vol. 2. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pages 134, 135/ cat. no. 83 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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