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LOT 0038
Egyptian Faience Scarab for Thutmose III
SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1650 B.C.
5/8 in. (1.96 grams, 16 mm).
Amuletic scarab bead with cartouche of Thutmose III flanked by erect sacred uraei to the underside.
ProvenanceFrom a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980.
LiteratureCf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, 58(c).
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