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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Scarab with Scene of King Smiting an Enemy before Amun

CultureEgyptian
PeriodNew Kingdom
Date1539-1077 BCE
MediumGlazed steatite
Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund
Dimensions3/4 x 1/2 in. (1.9 x 1.3 cm)
Object number2008.001.019
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, June 26, 2015 - Present
Published ReferencesSotheby's New York, Antiquities (December 5, 2007), 142, number 117.
MCCM Newsletter, March - May 2008.

ProvenanceEx coll. Natacha Rambova (1897-1966), California. Ex coll. Professor Donald P. Hansen (1932-2007), New York, New York. Purchased by MCCM from Sotheby's New York, December 5, 2007, lot 117 (part).
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art