Scarab
29-104-26
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-104-26 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Egyptian |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | CN IV, Debris SW of Tomb 219 |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Steatite |
| Technique | Glazed |
| Iconography | Seth | Thoth |
| Description | White steatite, brown remains of glaze. With figures of Set in human animal-headed form and Thoth in the form of a baboon, with neb sign beneath. Oren: “Scarab.” “Description: White steatite, with brown glaze. Prothorax and wing-cases indicated; head crowned by clypeus; legs cut wide open and deeply incised with striation. Design: Thoth in the form of a baboon sitting in front of Seth in human form; underneath and above are neb signs. XIXth Dynasty type.” |
| Height | 0.8 cm |
| Length | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number | 26-10-189 - Field No SF |
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