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LOT 0051
Egyptian Faience Scarab for Amenhotep III
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, 1410-1372 B.C.
5/8 in. (2.53 grams, 17 mm).
Modelled with carapace and mouth details, the underside with hieroglyphic text giving the dedication: 'the good god, lord of the Two Lands, beloved of Amun', with the cartouche containing the throne name of Amenhotep III (Neb-Maat-Re).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Doctor Girard, a collector for over 60 years.
with Hotel des Ventes de Clermont-Ferrand, 22 May 2017.
Property of a French collector.
Cf. Newberry, P.E., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire N° 36001-37521, Scarab-shaped Seals, Cairo, 1907, pl. IV, no. 36202, for a scarab with a similar layout belonging to one of Amenhotep III's predecessors.
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