Scarab

E13029

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E13029
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt
Period Eighteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom
Date Made 1539-1292 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Steatite
Description

Well modeled steatite scarab. On the right side of the bottom is an image of Amenhotep III, facing right. His throne name is in a cartouche in front of his face. He holds an axe in his left hand, and a crook in his right. A sun disc with uraei is above him. Behind him to the left is his wife Queen Ti. Her title "Great Royal Wife" begins above and in front of her head, and her cartouche is in front of her at her knees. She wears a double plumed crown, and holds a plant (?) in her left hand, and an ankh in her right.

Height 1.7 cm
Length 5 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 475 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-475 - Old Museum Number

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