Scarab
29-104-23
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-104-23 |
| Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | CN IV, Tomb 219 |
| Date Made | 1479-1150 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Steatite | Gold |
| Iconography | King | Double Crown | Sceptre |
| Description | In gold mounting with an eye at each end for attachment of the ring. White steatite, brown remains of glaze. On the base is the figure of a king wearing a double crown and holding a sceptre; in front of him is a cartouche containing the prenomen Tuthmosis III. Oren: “Scarab.” “Description: White steatite with remains of brown glaze; in gold mounting with an eye at each end for the attachment to a ring. Prothorax and wing-cases indicated, legs cut wide open and striated. Back sloping down, head trapezoidal and clypeus in the shape of a crown. Design: A king wearing the double crown and holding a scepter hqa in front of a cartouche containing Men-Kheper-Ra which is the prenomen of Thuthmose III.” |
| Height | 1 cm |
| Length | 2 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number | 26-10-187 - Field No SF |
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