Scarab seal

Museum number:
5-7489
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Seal. Scarab. Stone with tan glaze. All scarab parts present. Leg hairs carved. Reverse- lion walking with uraeus above. Length 1.58 cm. Width 1.15 cm. Height 7.5 mm.
Donor:
Kathryn G. Overstreet
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Egypt unknown
Collector:
Roy Overstreet
Collection date:
before 1968
Materials:
Glaze (coating by location) and Stone (worked rock)
Person depicted:
Wadjet (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Scarabs (carvings) and Scarab seals
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7489, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone with tan glaze. All scarab parts present. Leg hairs carved. Reverse- lion walking with uraeus above. Length 1.58 cm. Width 1.15 cm. Height 7.5 mm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7489, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone with tan glaze. All scarab parts present. Leg hairs carved. Reverse- lion walking with uraeus above. Length 1.58 cm. Width 1.15 cm. Height 7.5 mm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7489, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone with tan glaze. All scarab parts present. Leg hairs carved. Reverse- lion walking with uraeus above. Length 1.58 cm. Width 1.15 cm. Height 7.5 mm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7489, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone with tan glaze. All scarab parts present. Leg hairs carved. Reverse- lion walking with uraeus above. Length 1.58 cm. Width 1.15 cm. Height 7.5 mm.

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