Steatite scarab
Steatite scarab; greenish blue glaze, incised hieroglphs on base, hole lengthwise; good condition. [07-2-98]
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.960
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.960; 11.960
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Seals, sealings & stoppers
- Period
- Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial
- Entry Date
- 30 B.C. – A.D. 364
- Title
- Steatite scarab
- Medium
- Steatite
- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: .014 L. .001 W.
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27, between N wall and pillar 1 / Lot b)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 261.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1907: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
- Remarks
- Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.