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LOT 0428
Egyptian Black Stone Scarab
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 A.D.
1 1/4 in. (15.5 grams, 31 mm).
A finely detailed scarab body rests on an oval plate, its underside featuring deeply incised hieroglyphs, including the sun rising over a mountain, two neb signs, the khepri beetle, two nefer signs, a sun disc, and an enigmatic symbol, possibly the hepet sign.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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