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LOT 0463
Egyptian Faience Bead for Ramesses II
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH DYNASTY, 1279-1213 B.C.
1 in. (3.59 grams, 23 mm).
Rectangular bead with faintly impressed hieroglyphs on both broad faces, giving Ramesses II's birth and throne names. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the old Belfort collection, expert Jean Roudillon.
Ex Hotel des Ventes de Belfort.
Property of a French collector.
Literature
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Scarabs and Cylinders with Names, London, 1917, XLIV, no.2, for this type of block bead with faintly impressed hieroglyphs.
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