Scarab seal

Museum number:
5-7515
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with whitish glaze at leg area with green faience in indentations. Protothorax indicated by notches. Reverse- twining lotus design with ankh and nefer signs. Length 1.3 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 5.4 mm. no ankh - two nfr signs - one upside down with reference to other.
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)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Scarabs (carvings) and Scarab seals
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7515, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with whitish glaze at leg area with green faience in indentations. Protothorax indicated by notches. Reverse- twining lotus design with ankh and nefer signs. Length 1.3 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 5.4 mm. no ankh - two nfr signs - one upside down with reference to other.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7515, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with whitish glaze at leg area with green faience in indentations. Protothorax indicated by notches. Reverse- twining lotus design with ankh and nefer signs. Length 1.3 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 5.4 mm. no ankh - two nfr signs - one upside down with reference to other.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7515, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with whitish glaze at leg area with green faience in indentations. Protothorax indicated by notches. Reverse- twining lotus design with ankh and nefer signs. Length 1.3 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 5.4 mm. no ankh - two nfr signs - one upside down with reference to other.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7515, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with whitish glaze at leg area with green faience in indentations. Protothorax indicated by notches. Reverse- twining lotus design with ankh and nefer signs. Length 1.3 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 5.4 mm. no ankh - two nfr signs - one upside down with reference to other.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7515, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with whitish glaze at leg area with green faience in indentations. Protothorax indicated by notches. Reverse- twining lotus design with ankh and nefer signs. Length 1.3 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 5.4 mm. no ankh - two nfr signs - one upside down with reference to other.

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