Scarab
| Object Number: | E13055 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt |
| Period: | Eighteenth Dynasty New Kingdom |
| Date Made: | 1539-1292 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1540 |
| Late Date: | -1291 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Gold Steatite Glaze |
| Technique: | Glazed |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Height: | 2.2 cm |
| Width: | 1.58 cm |
| Depth: | 0.95 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 467 - Sommerville Gem Number 29-128-467 - Old Museum Number |
Description
A green-glazed, steatite seal, carved in the form of a scarab beetle is pierced longitudinally and mounted in a gold setting that formed the bezel of a ring. The gold eyelets of the mounting were once threaded with gold wire, which allowed the seal to rotate.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Year of Color: Stone and Marble from Antiquity to the Present (19 Aug 2014 - Aug 2015) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun (12 Nov 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 195 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Wegner, Jennifer H., and Wegner, Josef W., and Silverman, David P. 2006. Akhenaten and Tutankhamun Revolution and Restoration.. Philadelphia. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 149, fig. 134,135 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art.. Maxwell Sommerville. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 695, #467 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1901. Engraved Gems.. Philadelphia. D. Biddle. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 17 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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