scarab

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Object Type: scarab
Museum number: EA3933
Description: Green glazed steatite scarab; clypeus marked; longitudinally pierced; prenomen of Neferhotep I on base.
Cultures/periods: 13th Dynasty
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Egypt
Materials: steatite
Technique: glazed
Dimensions: Height: 1.16 centimetres; Length: 2.39 centimetres; Width: 1.65 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject: royal
Curator's comments: Martin, Egyptian Administrative and Private-Name Seals, no. 920
Bibliographic references: Hall 1913 / Catalogue of Egyptian scarabs, etc. in the British Museum (158)
Location: Not on display
Condition: fair - glaze worn
Associated names: Named in inscription: Neferhotep I
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Giovanni Anastasi
Acquisition date: 1839
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA3933
Registration number: .3933
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: BS.3933 (Birch Slip Number)

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