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scarab
Object Type
scarab
Museum number
EA3934
Description
Blue glazed steatite scarab; clypeus marked; longitudinally pierced; base inscribed with nomen of a king Sobekhotep.
Cultures/periods
13th Dynasty
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Materials
steatite
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Height:
0.89 centimetres
Length:
2.08 centimetres
Width:
1.49 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
royal
Bibliographic references
Hall 1913 / Catalogue of Egyptian scarabs, etc. in the British Museum
(164)
Location
Not on display
Condition
good
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Sobekhotep I
(?)
Acquisition name
Purchased through:
Christie's
Purchased from:
Edward James Andrews
Acquisition date
1848
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA3934
Registration number
1848,0829.271
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
BS.3934
(Birch Slip Number)