Scarab
29-104-2
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | 29-104-2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
Archaeology Area | CN II, 42/x-1;Class B |
Period | Middle Bronze Age |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Steatite |
Technique | Glazed |
Description | White steatite, yellow remains of glaze. Base chipped and divided into two registers. Oren: "Scarab" “Description: Steatite with yellowish glaze. Head: Curved at base, opening up to clypeus, notched; horn marked. Back: Plain, except for side notches to indicate beginning of elytra. Design: The base is engraved with a simple symmetric design of three hieroglyphs above and below a double line dividing the field across the center. Above, an ‘nh sign takes the central place between two n-sw (the sedge plant of Upper Egypt) signs and below: a dd sign of stability is flanked by two further signs of ‘life’.” |
Height | 0.8 cm |
Length | 1.5 cm |
Width | 1 cm |
Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
Other Number | 1557 - Field No SF |
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