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LOT 0421

Egyptian Mixed Scarab Collection

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER

1/2 - 1 3/8 in. (36.9 grams total, 14-35 mm).

Stone plaque with raised relief depictions of the Apis bull and a falcon deity beneath; a mixed group of scarabs and scaraboids, most bearing text or motifs on the underside, including: a rope border enclosing the head of a lion wearing a sun disc and uraeus; a plain copper-alloy scaraboid; a line border enclosing the throne name of Amenhotep III (neb-maat-Re); an indeterminate standing figure; a central hes- vase flanked by rearing cobras; a group of hieroglyphs, perhaps a slightly incorrect spelling of the throne name of Amenhotep II (akheperu-Re); and a group of four hieroglyphs. [8]

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Scarabs and Cylinders with Names, London, 1917, pl. XXXIV, for numerous examples of scarabs bearing Amenhotep III's throne name.

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LOT 0421

Egyptian Mixed Scarab Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

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