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Egyptian Gold Mounted Scarab Bead Egyptian Gold Mounted Scarab Bead Egyptian Gold Mounted Scarab Bead
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LOT 0482

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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

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 0482

Egyptian Gold Mounted Scarab Bead

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

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