Object Description
An ancient Egyptian turquoise-glazed steatite scarab with incised hieroglyphs to the reverse. The moulded obverse is stylised with a simple clypeus and head. Incised indentations mark the humeral callosities. The reverse features a column of inscribed hieroglyphs, with symmetry guiding their formation. The scarab features the signs for the letters ‘a-n-r’.
The scarab has been pierced longitudinally for suspension.
Date: Circa 1650-1070 BC
Period: Second Intermediate Period – New Kingdom