Scarab seal

Museum number:
5-7606
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Seal. Scarab. Stone. Glaze light tan mottled brown on back. All scarab parts present. Reverse-crouching lion with two hathor heads. Roughly carved. Length 1.54 cm. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.9 mm.
Donor:
Kathryn G. Overstreet
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Egypt unknown
Collector:
Roy Overstreet
Collection date:
before 1968
Materials:
Stone (worked rock)
Person depicted:
Hathor (Egyptian deity) and Sekhmet (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 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7606, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone. Glaze light tan mottled brown on back. All scarab parts present. Reverse-crouching lion with two hathor heads. Roughly carved. Length 1.54 cm. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.9 mm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7606, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone. Glaze light tan mottled brown on back. All scarab parts present. Reverse-crouching lion with two hathor heads. Roughly carved. Length 1.54 cm. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.9 mm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7606, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone. Glaze light tan mottled brown on back. All scarab parts present. Reverse-crouching lion with two hathor heads. Roughly carved. Length 1.54 cm. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.9 mm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7606, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone. Glaze light tan mottled brown on back. All scarab parts present. Reverse-crouching lion with two hathor heads. Roughly carved. Length 1.54 cm. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.9 mm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7606, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone. Glaze light tan mottled brown on back. All scarab parts present. Reverse-crouching lion with two hathor heads. Roughly carved. Length 1.54 cm. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.9 mm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7606, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone. Glaze light tan mottled brown on back. All scarab parts present. Reverse-crouching lion with two hathor heads. Roughly carved. Length 1.54 cm. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.9 mm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7606, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone. Glaze light tan mottled brown on back. All scarab parts present. Reverse-crouching lion with two hathor heads. Roughly carved. Length 1.54 cm. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.9 mm.

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