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LOT 0028
Egyptian Faience Block Bead for Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1398-1338 B.C.
5/8 in. (1.84 grams, 16 mm).
Rectangular bifacial stamp with hieroglyphs writing the prenomen of Amenhotep III (Neb-Maat-Re) to obverse, and to reverse 'King's Wife Tiye'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Emile Bouillon Bey, c. 1880.
From the Gaston Maspero Archaeological Fund.
with Hotel des Ventes du Perigord, Bergerac, 24 June 2007.
Property of a French collector.
Literature
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Scarabs and Cylinders with Names, London, 1917, pl. XXXV, no. 154, for a variant of this design.
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LOT 0028
Egyptian Faience Block Bead for Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
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