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LOT 0526
Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Hieroglyphs
NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1300 B.C.
5/8 in. (2.09 grams, 15 mm).
A scarab with detailing to the upper face; the underside inscribed with hieroglyphs writing the name of Amun-Re, accompanied by a wab sign on the left and neb sign below; pierced longitudinally. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Constable collection, 1990s.
Ex P. Morris collection.
Cf. Newberry, P.E., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire N° 36001-37521, Scarab-shaped Seals, Cairo, 1907, p. 347 (CG37384), pl. XII, for a scarab with the same base design.
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