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LOT 0434
Egyptian Mixed Scarab Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/8 - 3/4 in. (17.4 grams total, 10-20 mm).
Comprising (from left to right and top to bottom): 1) a scarab with an oval border containing the seated figure of a seated deity with arm raised in adoration before the sign partially resembling the hieroglyphic sign for a ‘thousand’, with the water and signs below; 2) a scarab with a faint oval border containing the honey bee and reed leaf symbols; 3) a scarab with an oval border containing the throne name of the 19th Dynasty pharaoh, Ramesses II (User-Maat-Re) atop a neb sign; 4) a scarab with indeterminate signs; 5) a scarab with an oval border containing the falcon god Ra-Horakhty standing atop a neb sign; 6) a scarab inscribed with numerous geometric designs that incorporate the name Amun-Re; 7) a plain scaraboid. [7]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. 2) Petrie, W.M.F., Button and Design Scarabs, London, 1925, pl. XXX, no. 1469, for a partially preserved rectangular seal with the same hieroglyphs; 3) Petrie, W.M.F., Scarabs and Cylinders with Names, London, 1917, pl. XLI, no. 98, for similar; 5) Petrie, W.M.F., Button and Design Scarabs, London, 1925, pl. XIX, nos. 1484 and 1487, for slight variations of this design; 6) Petrie, W.M.F., Scarabs and Cylinders with Names, London, 1917, pl. XIX, no. 1471, for a scarab with a similarly themed motif.
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