Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Large Scarab of Amenhotep III New KingdomTell el-Amarna, Egypt

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Description

Caption: Large Scarab of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 11/16 x 2 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (1.8 x 5.7 x 8.6 cm) Weight: 0.3 lb. (154.65 g). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1185.

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Linked by shared inventory number (BKM-Object 38534). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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Connections

Royals Amenhotep III

Cross-references (3)

  • BKM-Accession 34.1185 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 38534 tier-2
  • PNM-Object pnm:83913776 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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