Scarab
| Object Number: | 29-104-9 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Israel Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area: | CN II, 7; Class D |
| Period: | Early Iron Age |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Steatite |
| Technique: | Glaze |
| Iconography: | Lotus? Inscription |
| Height: | 0.8 cm |
| Length: | 1.5 cm |
| Width: | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line: | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number: | 858 - Field No SF |
Description
White steatite, brown remains of glaze. Inscribed: Amen Re (?) Lord. A lotus (?) plant overhangs the inscription.
Oren: “Scarab.”
“Description: White steatite with traces of yellow glaze. Prothorax and wing-case indicated with sun-disc on each side of the elytra.
Design. The sign Amen-Ra followed by a horizontal line with several vertical strokes; on the top and bottom are neb signs. The scarab is assigned by Rowe in the field catalogue to the late XVIIIth or XIXth 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: Page 125, no. 3; Page 217, opposite Figure 41; Figure 51, no. 13 | 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 Unpublished manuscript.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.13 | 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. 84 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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