Scarab
29-104-5
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | 29-104-5 |
Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
Archaeology Area | CN II, 59/x-8; Class B |
Period | Middle Bronze Age |
Date Made | 1800-1600 BCE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Steatite |
Technique | Glazed |
Iconography | Cartouche |
Description | White steatite, yellowish traces of glaze. On the base are 2 crude cartouches, one above the other, each containing a name. On either side of the cartouches is the legend: "Royal, beautiful, life." Oren: Page 94: “Description: White steatite with traces of yellow glaze. Head: Trapezoidal, curved into pronotum, a dividing line between head and clypeus where horn is marked. Clypeus notched. Back: Plan, except for side notches to indicate beginning of elytra.Design: In the center are two incomplete cartouches above one another. Each contains four signs or formulae. Flanking the cartouches are hieroglyphic signs in pairs, reading from top to bottom, n-sw nfr t’nh. The layout of these supporting signs is matched n a scarab from Tomb 1766 at Tell el-Ajjul and again the data available would be consistent with the use of this scarab in the reign of Mayebre Sheshi or one of his immediate successors.” |
Height | 0.9 cm |
Length | 1.9 cm |
Width | 1.3 cm |
Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
Other Number | 1571 - Field No SF |
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