Scarab seal

Museum number:
5-7591
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Seal. Scarab. Dark stone with mottled brown and black glaze. All scarab parts present. Legs deeply undercut to a transverse perforation. Reverse- symbols include squatting figure in adoration, ankh and a possible cartouche damaged. Length 1.46 cm. Width 1.08 cm. Height 7. mm.
Donor:
Kathryn G. Overstreet
Collection place:
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 5-7591, described as Seal. Scarab. Dark stone with mottled brown and black glaze. All scarab parts present. Legs deeply undercut to a transverse perforation. Reverse- symbols include squatting figure in adoration, ankh and a possible cartouche damaged. Length 1.46 cm. Width 1.08 cm. Height 7. mm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7591, described as Seal. Scarab. Dark stone with mottled brown and black glaze. All scarab parts present. Legs deeply undercut to a transverse perforation. Reverse- symbols include squatting figure in adoration, ankh and a possible cartouche damaged. Length 1.46 cm. Width 1.08 cm. Height 7. mm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7591, described as Seal. Scarab. Dark stone with mottled brown and black glaze. All scarab parts present. Legs deeply undercut to a transverse perforation. Reverse- symbols include squatting figure in adoration, ankh and a possible cartouche damaged. Length 1.46 cm. Width 1.08 cm. Height 7. mm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7591, described as Seal. Scarab. Dark stone with mottled brown and black glaze. All scarab parts present. Legs deeply undercut to a transverse perforation. Reverse- symbols include squatting figure in adoration, ankh and a possible cartouche damaged. Length 1.46 cm. Width 1.08 cm. Height 7. mm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7591, described as Seal. Scarab. Dark stone with mottled brown and black glaze. All scarab parts present. Legs deeply undercut to a transverse perforation. Reverse- symbols include squatting figure in adoration, ankh and a possible cartouche damaged. Length 1.46 cm. Width 1.08 cm. Height 7. mm.

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