Scarab

E13812

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E13812
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Section Egyptian
Materials Steatite | Bronze
Description

Glazed statite scarab. The base is decorated with a recumbent sphinx facing right. Below the sphinx are the "Two Lands" hieroglyphs. At the very bottom is the sign for "protection" (Gardiner signlist V16). Note bronze in hole.

Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1919
Other Number M10529 - Field No SF

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