Scarab seal

Museum number:
5-7445
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Seal. Scarab. Light tan glaze on dark stone. All scarab parts indicated. Triangles are elytra. Pierced lengthwise and crosswise. Reverse-two red crowns with double spiral between. Length 1.53. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.7 mm. dsrt
Donor:
Kathryn G. Overstreet
Collection place:
Uncertain site, 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 5-7445, described as Seal. Scarab. Light tan glaze on dark stone. All scarab parts indicated. Triangles are elytra. Pierced lengthwise and crosswise. Reverse-two red crowns with double spiral between. Length 1.53. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.7 mm. dsrtHearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7445, described as Seal. Scarab. Light tan glaze on dark stone. All scarab parts indicated. Triangles are elytra. Pierced lengthwise and crosswise. Reverse-two red crowns with double spiral between. Length 1.53. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.7 mm. dsrtHearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7445, described as Seal. Scarab. Light tan glaze on dark stone. All scarab parts indicated. Triangles are elytra. Pierced lengthwise and crosswise. Reverse-two red crowns with double spiral between. Length 1.53. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.7 mm. dsrtHearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7445, described as Seal. Scarab. Light tan glaze on dark stone. All scarab parts indicated. Triangles are elytra. Pierced lengthwise and crosswise. Reverse-two red crowns with double spiral between. Length 1.53. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.7 mm. dsrtHearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7445, described as Seal. Scarab. Light tan glaze on dark stone. All scarab parts indicated. Triangles are elytra. Pierced lengthwise and crosswise. Reverse-two red crowns with double spiral between. Length 1.53. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.7 mm. dsrtHearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7445, described as Seal. Scarab. Light tan glaze on dark stone. All scarab parts indicated. Triangles are elytra. Pierced lengthwise and crosswise. Reverse-two red crowns with double spiral between. Length 1.53. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.7 mm. dsrt
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scarab seal, accession number 5-7445, described as Seal. Scarab. Light tan glaze on dark stone. All scarab parts indicated. Triangles are elytra. Pierced lengthwise and crosswise. Reverse-two red crowns with double spiral between. Length 1.53. Width 1.15 cm. Height 6.7 mm. dsrt

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