Scarab

E4680

From: Egypt | Hiw

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E4680
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Hiw
Period Second Intermediate Period | Fourteenth Dynasty
Date Made 1700-1650 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Steatite | Faience
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Glazed steatite scarab. The back type is schematic. The bottom is inscribed with a meandering border at the left and right. At the top is the title Son of Re, followed by an oval inside of which is the name Sheshi. At the bottom is the epithet anx-D.t "May he live forever." Sheshi ruled during the 14th Dynasty, during the Second Intermediate Period.

Height 1 cm
Length 2.1 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, William Flinders Petrie, 1899
Other Number AES 796 - Original Number

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