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View full screenScarab, green-glazed steatite, incised on base with hieroglyphs naming Royal Treasurer Senebsuma: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Kingdom, 13th Dynasty, c.1795-1650 BC
A.1965.200
Egypt, Northern Africa
13th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian
Egypt, Northern Africa
Previous owner: Sonbsuma [the king's seal bearer, overseer of the seal]
Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
National Museum of Scotland
Newberry, P. E. 1908. Scarabs, Pl.XI, 7 and 8. for comparative examples.
Martin, G. T. 1971. Egyptian Administrative and Private-Name Seals Principally of the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period, no.1513, pl 14 (8)
Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom, Version 3 (name 9297; accessed March 4, 2022), https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/3/inscription/9297 doi:10.5281/zenodo.1411391
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