Scarab seal

Museum number:
5-7491
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Seal. Scarab. Stone with greyish- tan glaze. All scarab parts carved. Reverse- Thothmes III cartouche to left of hieroglyph. Length 1.18 cm. Width 8.5 mm. Height 5.2 mm. Name of mn-hpr-r’ once in cartouche and once to side without cartouche, with dsrt crown.
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)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Scarabs (carvings) and Scarab seals
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7491, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone with greyish- tan glaze. All scarab parts carved. Reverse- Thothmes III cartouche to left of hieroglyph. Length 1.18 cm. Width 8.5 mm. Height 5.2 mm. Name of mn-hpr-r’ once in cartouche and once to side without cartouche, with dsrt crown.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7491, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone with greyish- tan glaze. All scarab parts carved. Reverse- Thothmes III cartouche to left of hieroglyph. Length 1.18 cm. Width 8.5 mm. Height 5.2 mm. Name of mn-hpr-r’ once in cartouche and once to side without cartouche, with dsrt crown.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7491, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone with greyish- tan glaze. All scarab parts carved. Reverse- Thothmes III cartouche to left of hieroglyph. Length 1.18 cm. Width 8.5 mm. Height 5.2 mm. Name of mn-hpr-r’ once in cartouche and once to side without cartouche, with dsrt crown.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7491, described as Seal. Scarab. Stone with greyish- tan glaze. All scarab parts carved. Reverse- Thothmes III cartouche to left of hieroglyph. Length 1.18 cm. Width 8.5 mm. Height 5.2 mm. Name of mn-hpr-r’ once in cartouche and once to side without cartouche, with dsrt crown.

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