IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 55870 accession number: E.GA.1459.1943 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 18 July 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Steatite scaraboid in the form of a cowie shell with traces of glaze and resin on the surface. The base is inscribed with three registers of signs, in the centre Bes flanked by two Menkheperre cartouches (Thutmosis III). The object is pierced lengthways through the centre. title: scaraboid LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/55870 TECHNIQUES ---------- carved CATEGORIES ------ category: scarab DATING ------ culture: New Kingdom culture: Eighteenth Dynasty DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: m value: 0.032 dimension: Width units: m value: 0.018 IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant41/E_GA_1459_1943_1_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 451 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant41/mid_E_GA_1459_1943_1_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 297 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant41/E_GA_1459_1943_1_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 451 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant41/preview_E_GA_1459_1943_1_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 148 pixels width: 249 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant41/E_GA_1459_1943_2_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 465 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant41/E_GA_1459_1943_2_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 465 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant41/E_GA_1459_1943_2_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 465 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant41/preview_E_GA_1459_1943_2_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 409 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/343/61/large_E_GA_1459_1943_1_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 683 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/343/61/mid_E_GA_1459_1943_1_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/E.GA.1459.1943_1_201101_mfj22_mas.JPG surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/343/61/preview_E_GA_1459_1943_1_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 167 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/343/61/E_GA_1459_1943_1_201101_mfj22_mas.ptif height: 2400 pixels width: 3600 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/343/62/large_E_GA_1459_1943_2_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 683 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/343/62/mid_E_GA_1459_1943_2_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/E.GA.1459.1943_2_201101_mfj22_mas.JPG surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/343/62/preview_E_GA_1459_1943_2_201101_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 167 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/343/62/E_GA_1459_1943_2_201101_mfj22_mas.ptif height: 2400 pixels width: 3600 pixels