<em>Scarab Seal of the Wearer of the Royal Seal Sa-Amun</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Ivory, 1/4 x 1/2 x 3/4 in. (0.7 x 1.3 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.512E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.512E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

Scarab Seal of the Wearer of the Royal Seal Sa-Amun, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Ivory, 1/4 x 1/2 x 3/4 in. (0.7 x 1.3 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.512E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.512E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

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Scarab Seal of the Wearer of the Royal Seal Sa-Amun

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Ivory

Place Made: Egypt

DATES ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E.

DYNASTY middle of Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 1/4 x 1/2 x 3/4 in. (0.7 x 1.3 x 1.9 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.512E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Ivory scarab inscribed for the “Treasurer of the King of Lower Egypt, Overseer of the Prison, Sa-Amun”. Condition: Dirt encrusted in hollows; small scratches; otherwise good.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Scarab Seal of the Wearer of the Royal Seal Sa-Amun, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Ivory, 1/4 x 1/2 x 3/4 in. (0.7 x 1.3 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.512E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.512E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

IMAGE top, unedited master file, 37.512E_NegA_SL4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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