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LOT 0546
Egyptian Steatite Scarab Group
MAINLY SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD-NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1600-1069 B.C.
3/8 - 3/4 in. (11.2 grams total, 9-19 mm).
Designs include: a line border enclosing the name of Amenhotep III and the epithet ‘Ruler of Thebes’; a line border enclosing a central shrine-like motif containing a sa and nefer sign, flanked by mirrored djed, ro, and nefer signs; a line border enclosing a bark, sun disc, wedjat, and neb signs; a Line border enclosing two facing falcons flanked by rearing cobras and a nwb (gold) sign above; a line border enclosing the phrase ‘powerful is the justice of Re’ (user-Maat-Re), which formed part of the throne name of several Ramesside pharaohs. [5]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market in the early 2000s.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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