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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Scarab
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Scarab

AAT Object Form/Functionscarabs (carvings)
AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)
Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia
CultureCanaanite
PeriodMiddle Bronze Age II
Date1800-1600 BCE
MediumSteatite
Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958
Dimensions9/16 x 3/8 in. (1.4 x 1 cm)
Object number1956.088
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
Published ReferencesKathleen Kenyon, Excavations at Jericho II (British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1965), 303, 608, figure 287.2.
Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 8.
ProvenanceExcavated by Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978), Jericho, Palestine.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art