Scarab seal

Museum number:
5-7458
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. All scarab parts indicated. Head undercut. Reverse-Anubis, hawk, two uraei with Thothmes III cartouche. Length 1.94 cm. Width 1.44 cm. Height 9.0 mm. Possibly not Anubis - could be couchant lion with sun-disc above.
Donor:
Kathryn G. Overstreet
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Egypt unknown
Culture or time period:
18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC)
Collector:
Roy Overstreet
Collection date:
before 1968
Materials:
Glaze (coating by location) and Stone (worked rock)
Person depicted:
Anubis (Egyptian deity), Horus (Egyptian deity), Khepri (Egyptian deity), and Wadjet (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Anubis, Scarabs (carvings), and Scarab seals
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7458, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. All scarab parts indicated. Head undercut. Reverse-Anubis, hawk, two uraei with Thothmes III cartouche. Length 1.94 cm. Width 1.44 cm. Height 9.0 mm. Possibly not Anubis - could be couchant lion with sun-disc above.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7458, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. All scarab parts indicated. Head undercut. Reverse-Anubis, hawk, two uraei with Thothmes III cartouche. Length 1.94 cm. Width 1.44 cm. Height 9.0 mm. Possibly not Anubis - could be couchant lion with sun-disc above.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7458, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. All scarab parts indicated. Head undercut. Reverse-Anubis, hawk, two uraei with Thothmes III cartouche. Length 1.94 cm. Width 1.44 cm. Height 9.0 mm. Possibly not Anubis - could be couchant lion with sun-disc above.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7458, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. All scarab parts indicated. Head undercut. Reverse-Anubis, hawk, two uraei with Thothmes III cartouche. Length 1.94 cm. Width 1.44 cm. Height 9.0 mm. Possibly not Anubis - could be couchant lion with sun-disc above.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7458, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. All scarab parts indicated. Head undercut. Reverse-Anubis, hawk, two uraei with Thothmes III cartouche. Length 1.94 cm. Width 1.44 cm. Height 9.0 mm. Possibly not Anubis - could be couchant lion with sun-disc above.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7458, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. All scarab parts indicated. Head undercut. Reverse-Anubis, hawk, two uraei with Thothmes III cartouche. Length 1.94 cm. Width 1.44 cm. Height 9.0 mm. Possibly not Anubis - could be couchant lion with sun-disc above.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7458, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. All scarab parts indicated. Head undercut. Reverse-Anubis, hawk, two uraei with Thothmes III cartouche. Length 1.94 cm. Width 1.44 cm. Height 9.0 mm. Possibly not Anubis - could be couchant lion with sun-disc above.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7458, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. All scarab parts indicated. Head undercut. Reverse-Anubis, hawk, two uraei with Thothmes III cartouche. Length 1.94 cm. Width 1.44 cm. Height 9.0 mm. Possibly not Anubis - could be couchant lion with sun-disc above.

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