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LOT 0463
Egyptian Faience Bead and Scarab Group
MAINLY LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/8 - 5/8 in. (8 grams total, 2-17 mm).
Comprising mainly blue tubular and annular beads, and a small Tawaret(?) amulet; a fragmentary glass bead(?) with some iridescence, a fragmentary scarab and a carnelian scarab with the throne name of Thutmose III, men-kheper-Re, to the underside, chipped. [78, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Belinda Elliston collection.
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