Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Inscribed with the Sobek Crocodile and a Fish New KingdomMalqata
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Mica schist. L 1.5 cm (9/16 in.). From: Houses G-K, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11. Subject: Crocodiles, Fish, Scarabs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1911.
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