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Scarabs, Scaraboids, Seals and Seal Impressions from Medinet Habu

by Emily Teeter and T.G. Wilfong

Medinet Habu in western Thebes (modern Luxor) is among the most important sites in Egypt. It is dominated by the great mortuary temples of King Ramesses III (ca. 1182 b.c.), and Kings Aye and Horemheb (ca. 13241293 B.C). It served as the seat of the regional government in the Late New Kingdom (ca. 1140 b.c.), and an important Coptic Christian community grew up within its great fortification walls. For nearly 1,500 years Medinet Habu played a central role in Egyptian religion, life, and politics. In 1924, the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago began the documentation of Medinet Habu. The Epigraphic Survey still works on the complete photographic and facsimile publication of the reliefs and inscriptions that appear on the temple walls. From 1926 to 1933, the Architectural Survey led by Uvo Holscher studied and later published the architectural features of the complex. The last facet of the documentation - the publication of thousands of objects excavated at the site - was interrupted by World War II. This book, the first of a projected multiple volume series, marks the resurrection of the project to publish the small finds. This volume presents 349 scarabs, scaraboids (including lentoids, cowroids, and buttons), heart scarabs and their Sons of Horus amulets, heart amulets, seals, and seal impressions on bullae, vessel stoppers, amphora handles, mudbricks, and funerary cones that date from approximately 1470 b.c. to the eighth century a.d. Each object is described and illustrated, and whenever possible, placed in its original archaeological context. The scarabs and scaraboids from Medinet Habu comprise one of the largest groups of such material excavated from any site in Egypt.
Emily Teeter is a Research Associate and the Curator of Egyptian and Nubian Antiquities at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. T. G. Wilfong is Assistant Professor of Egyptology (Near Eastern Studies) and Assistant Curator for Graeco-Roman Egypt (Kelsey Museum of Archaeology) at the University of Michigan. 236p, 3 figs., 110 plates, (Oriental Institute of the Univ of Chicago, 2003)

Review Quotes

"...a clear, meticulously researched, well-illustrated, and user-friendly volume."

Joyce Haynes
AJA (January 2006)

"Because this is one of the largest excavated groups of these items yet published, it serves as an important source for scholars of both Egyptian temples and the administration of southern Egypt. Because, as Teeter notes, scarabs are notoriously hard to date, it will also serve as a useful reference for dating unexcavated scarabs. The concordance and extensive bibliography provide helpful references for scarabs in general."

Denise M Doxey, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Review, Vol. 30, Issue 2,3 (April, July 2004)

"[a]stately volume [that] expertly publishes the varies series of scarab-seals and amulets, seal-impressions and sundry related minor pieces"

K A Kitchen
Society for Old Testament Study, Book List (2005)

"a valuable tool for any researcher of administration, bureaucracy and economy in Thebes from the New Kingdom to the Late Period."

Kathlyn M Cooney
PalArch (2005)

"[a] sumptuously produced and remarkable book...a great service to Egyptology."

Peter Clayton
Minerva, 15(3) (2004)

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