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Collections

Frog Scaraboid with Human Depictions on the Baseprobably 6th - 13th Dynasty (2374 - 1665)

Not on view
Small oval faience scarab seal with turquoise-green glaze, engraved flat face showing raised hieroglyphic signs, worn sandy body visible at edges
Egyptian faience scarab amulet with turquoise-green glaze, showing the beetle's head and wing cases with incised segmented lines, cream-colored body visible beneath worn glaze.

Unknown, Frog Scaraboid with Human Depictions on the Base, probably 6th - 13th Dynasty (2374 - 1665), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ruth Greenberg, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Frog Scaraboid with Human Depictions on the Base
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
probably 6th - 13th Dynasty (2374 - 1665)
Medium
Blue glazed steatite
Dimensions
9/16 x 7/16 x 1/4 in. (1.47 x 1.09 x .67 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ruth Greenberg
Accession Number
M.86.313.33
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art