Scarab
Object Number: | 29-104-5 |
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Current Location: |
Eastern Mediterranean Gallery Currently On Display |
Provenience: | Israel Beth Shean |
Archaeology Area: | CN II, 59/x-8; Class B |
Period: | Middle Bronze Age |
Section: | Near Eastern |
Materials: | Steatite |
Technique: | Glazed |
Iconography: | Cartouche |
Height: | 0.9 cm |
Length: | 1.9 cm |
Width: | 1.3 cm |
Credit Line: | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
Other Number: | 1571 - Field No SF |
Description
White steatite, yellowish traces of glaze. On the base are 2 crude cartouches, one above the other, each containing a name. On either side of the cartouches is the legend: "Royal, beautiful, life."
Oren: Page 94:
“Description: White steatite with traces of yellow glaze.
Head: Trapezoidal, curved into pronotum, a dividing line between head and clypeus where horn is marked. Clypeus notched.
Back: Plan, except for side notches to indicate beginning of elytra.Design: In the center are two incomplete cartouches above one another. Each contains four signs or formulae. Flanking the cartouches are hieroglyphic signs in pairs, reading from top to bottom, n-sw nfr t’nh. The layout of these supporting signs is matched n a scarab from Tomb 1766 at Tell el-Ajjul and again the data available would be consistent with the use of this scarab in the reign of Mayebre Sheshi or one of his immediate successors.”
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Eastern Mediterranean Gallery: Crossroads of Culture (19 Nov 2022) | 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: Page 59, no. 2; Page 187, opposite Figure 26; Figure 51, no. 7 | 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 Unpublished manuscript.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.7 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
[Book] McGovern, Patrick E., and James, Frances W. 1993. The Late Bronze Egyptian Garrison at Beth Shan: A Study of Levels VII and VIII.. Philadelphia. The University of Pennsylvania Museum Monograph. Vol. II. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Fig. 62.7 | 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 130, 131/ cat. no. 74 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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