id:			94365
accession number:	1914.745
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.745
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:07.634000

Amenhotep II Scarab, 1550–1077 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom or modern forgery. Steatite, traces of turquoise glaze; overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.745

title:				Amenhotep II Scarab
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creation date:			1550–1077 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1540
creation date latest:		-924
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, New Kingdom or modern forgery
technique:	steatite, traces of turquoise glaze
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - New Kingdom
type:		Scarabs
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measurements: Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from Mohammed Mohasseb and Son, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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CITATIONS

	Berman, Lawrence Michael  and Kenneth J. Bohač. <em>Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, OH]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 560, cat. no. 507
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