Scarab
Object Number: | 29-104-23 |
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Current Location: |
Eastern Mediterranean Gallery Currently On Display |
Provenience: | Israel Beth Shean |
Archaeology Area: | CN IV, Tomb 219 |
Section: | Near Eastern |
Materials: | Steatite Gold |
Iconography: | King Double Crown Sceptre |
Height: | 1 cm |
Length: | 2 cm |
Width: | 1.4 cm |
Credit Line: | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
Other Number: | 26-10-187 - Field No SF |
Description
In gold mounting with an eye at each end for attachment of the ring. White steatite, brown remains of glaze. On the base is the figure of a king wearing a double crown and holding a sceptre; in front of him is a cartouche containing the prenomen Tuthmosis III.
Oren: “Scarab.” “Description: White steatite with remains of brown glaze; in gold mounting with an eye at each end for the attachment to a ring. Prothorax and wing-cases indicated, legs cut wide open and striated. Back sloping down, head trapezoidal and clypeus in the shape of a crown.
Design: A king wearing the double crown and holding a scepter hqa in front of a cartouche containing Men-Kheper-Ra which is the prenomen of Thuthmose III.”
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Canaan and Ancient Israel (18 Oct 1998 - 02 Aug 2021) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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 126, no. 12; Page 243, opposite Figure 49; Figure 51, no. 22 | 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 138, 139/ cat. no. 91 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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