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LOT 0464
Egyptian White Stone Scarab with Hieroglyphs
HYKSOS PERIOD, 15TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1650-1550 B.C.
3/4 in. (1.61 grams, 18 mm).
Plano-convex in section with scarab detailing to the upper face; underside featuring a hieroglyphic inscription, including addorsed stylised cobras, right-angled netjer and nefer signs; pierced longitudinally. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Constable collection, 1990s.
Ex P. Morris collection.
Cf. Ben-Tor, D., Scarabs, Chronology, and Interconnections: Egypt and Palestine in the Second Intermediate Period, Fribourg/Göttingen, 2007, pl. 52 Design Class 3B1a, for Canaanite scarabs employing addorsed cobras and other hieroglyphs in their designs.
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