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LOT 0490

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

EGYPTIAN HARDSTONE SCARAB WITH ANKH
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/2 in. (1.05 grams, 13 mm).

Plano-convex in profile with segmented upper face and incised ankh to the underside.

PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Matouk, F.S., Corpus du scarabée égyptien. Vol. 2: Analyse thématique, Beirut, 1976, p.412 no. 2439, for similar.

CONDITION
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