Scarab

Description

Scarab, green-glazed steatite, incised on the base with hieroglyphs naming the high official Har: Ancient Egyptian, 2nd Intermediate Period, 14th - 15th Dynasty, c.1750-1550 BC

Museum reference

A.1965.145

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Scarab

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

2nd Intermediate Period, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Steatite

Collection place(s)

Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Hur, The Chancellor, Sole Companion, Superintendent

Exhibitions

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Martin, G. T. 1971. Egyptian Administrative and Private-Name Seals Principally of the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period, no.1085, Pl.35 (19)

Newberry, P. E. 1908. Scarabs, Pl. XXIII, 20-22 for comparative examples

Hayes, W. C. 1978. The Scepter of Egypt: Vol II The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom. fig 1. for comparative examples

Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom, Version 3 (name 7245; accessed March 4, 2022), https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/3/inscription/7245 doi:10.5281/zenodo.1411391

Ilin-Tomich, A. 2023. Egyptian name scarabs from the 12th to the 15th Dynasty: geography and chronology of production.