Scarab seal

Museum number:
5-7626
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. Crude carving. Protothorax indicated by notches. Scarab back crazed. Leg hairs shown. Reverse-hieroglyph. Length 1.52 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 6.0 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 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7626, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. Crude carving. Protothorax indicated by notches. Scarab back crazed. Leg hairs shown. Reverse-hieroglyph. Length 1.52 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 6.0 mm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7626, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. Crude carving. Protothorax indicated by notches. Scarab back crazed. Leg hairs shown. Reverse-hieroglyph. Length 1.52 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 6.0 mm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7626, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. Crude carving. Protothorax indicated by notches. Scarab back crazed. Leg hairs shown. Reverse-hieroglyph. Length 1.52 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 6.0 mm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7626, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. Crude carving. Protothorax indicated by notches. Scarab back crazed. Leg hairs shown. Reverse-hieroglyph. Length 1.52 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 6.0 mm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7626, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. Crude carving. Protothorax indicated by notches. Scarab back crazed. Leg hairs shown. Reverse-hieroglyph. Length 1.52 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 6.0 mm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7626, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. Crude carving. Protothorax indicated by notches. Scarab back crazed. Leg hairs shown. Reverse-hieroglyph. Length 1.52 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 6.0 mm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7626, described as Seal. Scarab. Grey stone with light tan glaze. Crude carving. Protothorax indicated by notches. Scarab back crazed. Leg hairs shown. Reverse-hieroglyph. Length 1.52 cm. Width 9.5 mm. Height 6.0 mm.

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