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LOT 0008
Egyptian Faience Heart Scarab
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3/4 in. (1.89 grams, 20 mm).
With fine anatomical detailing on the body and striated wingcase, legs folded beneath the body and flanked by a ribbed suspension loop.
ProvenanceEx Swedish nobleman's collection, early 20th century, reputedly from Petrie’s excavations.
LiteratureCf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p. 59, Fig. 59 f and g, for similar green faience Late Period scarabs.
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Large Egyptian Faience Heart Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Modelled in the round with a piriform body and two lateral projections with striations. 7.66 grams, 30 mm
Ex N. Thomas private collection, UK, 1980s-1990s. Accompanied by a previous dealer's sales ticket. -
Phoenician Green Stone Scarab with Man Fighting Lion
5th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Modelled with incised detailing, pierced longitudinally, the underside with a bearded king in Assyrian attire, wearing a long, striated garment and tall headdress, grasping the forelegs of a rearing lion, its head turned back, a star above. 2.63 grams, 18 mm
Private collection, 1990s-early 2000s.
The motif of the Egyptian king overcoming an enemy, whether human or animal, is well attested in the New Kingdom and was later adopted by non-Egyptian artisans for scarabs and seals. -
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Egyptian Steatite Scarab Collection
Hyksos Period and New Kingdom, 18th-13th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Each with a domed carapace, two with a figure on the underside surrounded by hieroglyphs, two inscribed with hieroglyphic signs. 15 grams total, 18-24 mm
Acquired in Europe before 1992. Ex private collection, UK.
The term ‘Hyksos’ comes from the Egyptian phrase ‘heka khasuwt’, which means ‘rulers of foreign (hill) lands’. The 15th Dynasty was governed by these Hyksos during the Second Intermediate Period. They were not of Egyptian origin but were believed to be Canaanites, and their names were carved on their scarabs.
