Scarab

Museum number:
6-8775
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060008775
Alternate number:
Der 142-3 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.56/63/107
Description:
(a)Scarab, of blue faience, worn; length 17 mm (b)Round faience beads (2)
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 142, Cemetery 1-200, Deir el-Ballas
Verbatim coll. place:
Der el-Ballas; T142 tomb 142
Culture or time period:
18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1900
Materials:
Faience (composite material)
Person depicted:
Khepri (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Scarabs (carvings)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 11 titled Scarab, accession number 6-8775, described as (a)Scarab, of blue faience, worn; length 17 mm (b)Round faience beads (2)Hearst Museum object 2 of 11 titled Scarab, accession number 6-8775, described as (a)Scarab, of blue faience, worn; length 17 mm (b)Round faience beads (2)Hearst Museum object 3 of 11 titled Scarab, accession number 6-8775, described as (a)Scarab, of blue faience, worn; length 17 mm (b)Round faience beads (2)Hearst Museum object 4 of 11 titled Scarab, accession number 6-8775, described as (a)Scarab, of blue faience, worn; length 17 mm (b)Round faience beads (2)Hearst Museum object 5 of 11 titled Scarab, accession number 6-8775, described as (a)Scarab, of blue faience, worn; length 17 mm (b)Round faience beads (2)Hearst Museum object 6 of 11 titled Scarab, accession number 6-8775, described as (a)Scarab, of blue faience, worn; length 17 mm (b)Round faience beads (2)Hearst Museum object 7 of 11 titled Scarab, accession number 6-8775, described as (a)Scarab, of blue faience, worn; length 17 mm (b)Round faience beads (2)Hearst Museum object 8 of 11 titled Scarab, accession number 6-8775, described as (a)Scarab, of blue faience, worn; length 17 mm (b)Round faience beads (2)Hearst Museum object 9 of 11 titled Scarab, accession number 6-8775, described as (a)Scarab, of blue faience, worn; length 17 mm (b)Round faience beads (2)Hearst Museum object 10 of 11 titled Scarab, accession number 6-8775, described as (a)Scarab, of blue faience, worn; length 17 mm (b)Round faience beads (2)Hearst Museum object 11 of 11 titled Scarab, accession number 6-8775, described as (a)Scarab, of blue faience, worn; length 17 mm (b)Round faience beads (2)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarab, accession number 6-8775, described as (a)Scarab, of blue faience, worn; length 17 mm (b)Round faience beads (2)

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