Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut, Living Forever

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ca. 1479–1458 B.C. · Steatite (glazed) · Egyptian Art

The base of this scarab is inscribed "the God's Wife Hatshepsut, living forever." In the late Seventeenth early Eighteenth Dynasties, the title God's Wife was held by the principal queen or the queen mother. Hatshepsut inherited the title while she served as principal queen of her half-brother, Thutmose II. Later, shortly after she took on the titles of king, Hatshepsut passed the title on to her daughter, Neferure (see scarab 27.3.325).

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Medium

Steatite (glazed)

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1927