Scarab

29-104-5

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-104-5
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area CN II, 59/x-8; Class B
Period Middle Bronze Age
Section Near Eastern
Materials Steatite
Technique Glazed
Iconography Cartouche
Description

White steatite, yellowish traces of glaze. On the base are 2 crude cartouches, one above the other, each containing a name. On either side of the cartouches is the legend: "Royal, beautiful, life."

Oren: Page 94:

“Description: White steatite with traces of yellow glaze.

Head: Trapezoidal, curved into pronotum, a dividing line between head and clypeus where horn is marked. Clypeus notched.

Back: Plan, except for side notches to indicate beginning of elytra.Design: In the center are two incomplete cartouches above one another. Each contains four signs or formulae. Flanking the cartouches are hieroglyphic signs in pairs, reading from top to bottom, n-sw nfr t’nh. The layout of these supporting signs is matched n a scarab from Tomb 1766 at Tell el-Ajjul and again the data available would be consistent with the use of this scarab in the reign of Mayebre Sheshi or one of his immediate successors.”

Height 0.9 cm
Length 1.9 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928
Other Number 1571 - Field No SF

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