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LOT 0054
Egyptian Faience Hieroglyphic Scarab Group
SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1650 B.C.
1/2 - 5/8 in. (8.54 grams total, 12-17 mm).
Comprising: three in blue-turquoise with hieroglyphs to the underside; two similar, olive green with cartouche of Thutmose III to the underside. [5]
Provenance
From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980.
Literature
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 58(b,c,d).
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