Scarab seal

Museum number:
5-7559
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Seal. Scarab. Stone with glaze still pale green. Legs deeply carved and all scarab parts present. Reverse- Hathor head flanked by two uraei. Length 1.27 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 6.4 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:
Hathor (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Scarabs (carvings) and Scarab seals
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 6.4 millimeters, length 1.27 centimeters, and width 9.5 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7559, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone with glaze still pale green. Legs deeply carved and all scarab parts present. Reverse- Hathor head flanked by two uraei. Length 1.27 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 6.4 mm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7559, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone with glaze still pale green. Legs deeply carved and all scarab parts present. Reverse- Hathor head flanked by two uraei. Length 1.27 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 6.4 mm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7559, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone with glaze still pale green. Legs deeply carved and all scarab parts present. Reverse- Hathor head flanked by two uraei. Length 1.27 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 6.4 mm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7559, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone with glaze still pale green. Legs deeply carved and all scarab parts present. Reverse- Hathor head flanked by two uraei. Length 1.27 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 6.4 mm.

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