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LOT 0498

Egyptian Gold Mounted Scarab Bead

MIDDLE KINGDOM-SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1900-1560 B.C.

3/4 in. (3.36 grams, 20 mm).

Comprising a faience scarab with a scroll-work border framing the vertically arranged hieroglyphs: kheper beetle, nwb sign for gold, and two nfr signs flanking an ankh sign, set in a gold funda with tubular collars.

Provenance

From an early 20th century Home Counties, UK, collection.

Literature

See Ben-Tor, D., The Scarab: A Reflection of Ancient Egypt, Jerusalem, 1993, p. 31, for a discussion of this type of design scarab; Andrews, C., Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, London, 1990, pp.163-9, for discussion of finger rings.

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LOT 0498

Egyptian Gold Mounted Scarab Bead

Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)

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