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LOT 0029
Egyptian Faience Block Bead of Thutmose III
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1504-1452 B.C.
1/2 in. (1.1 grams, 12 mm).
With impressed hieroglyphs on all four faces, two sides giving the throne name of Thutmose III (Men-kheper-Re), the others mentioning the god Amun. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the old collection of Emile Bouillon Bey, c. 1880.
Ex Gaston Maspero archaeological fund.
Property of a French collector.
Literature
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Scarabs and Cylinders with Names, London, 1917, pl. XXVII, no.57, for a similar block bead.
Footnotes
Thutmose III was a renowned warrior king widely revered even centuries after his reign.
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