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LOT 0032
Egyptian Faience Block Bead for Ramesses II
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH DYNASTY, 1279-1213 B.C.
1/2 in. (1.18 grams, 14 mm).
Rectangular bead pierced for suspension, hieroglyphic text to both broad faces, one giving the throne name of Ramesses II, 'User-Maat-Re Setep-en-Re', the other, 'Ramesses, beloved of Amun'. [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. XLII, no. 116, for another block bead design for Ramesses II.
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