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LOT 0439
Egyptian Faience Hieroglyphic Scarab
LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
1 in. (6.64 grams, 24 mm).
Detailed carapace and legs, underside with hieroglyphs including opposing wedjat and djed pillar; pierced longitudinally.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Newberry, P.E., An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian Seals and Signet Rings, London, 1908, pl. XX, nos. 15, 31, and 35, for examples of scarab designs incorporating a prominent double wedjat motif.
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