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LOT 0465
Egyptian and Phoenician Stone Scarab Group
SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1650 B.C. AND LATER
3/8 - 1/2 in. (4.85 grams total, 9-14 mm).
Comprising: one with interlocking spirals; one depicting an adult and child with the hieroglyphs for gold (nbw) and the sun disc above; one bearing the schematic image of Bes; one pink stone scaraboid with two birds with open wings and other symbols; and one with a kneeling figure with hand to mouth. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Ben-Tor, D., Scarabs, Chronology, and Interconnections: Egypt and Palestine in the Second Intermediate Period, Fribourg/Göttingen, 2007, pl. 32, Design Class 2B, for examples of the interlocking spiral motif; Newberry, P.E., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire N° 36001-37521, Scarab-shaped Seals, Cairo, 1907, pl. IX, no. 36313, for a scarab with a similarly schematic Bes; Petrie, W.M.F., Button and Design Scarabs, London, 1925, pl. XIV, no. 943, for a scarab with a kneeling figure.
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LOT 0465
Egyptian and Phoenician Stone Scarab Group
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Bids: 11 | Current Bid: £65
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Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £400
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The term ‘Hyksos’ comes from the Egyptian phrase ‘heka khasuwt’, which means ‘rulers of foreign (hill) lands’. The 15th Dynasty was governed by these Hyksos during the Second Intermediate Period. They were not of Egyptian origin but were believed to be Canaanites, and their names were carved on their scarabs. -
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