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Egyptian White Stone Scarab with Hieroglyphs Egyptian White Stone Scarab with Hieroglyphs Egyptian White Stone Scarab with Hieroglyphs Egyptian White Stone Scarab with Hieroglyphs Egyptian White Stone Scarab with Hieroglyphs Egyptian White Stone Scarab with Hieroglyphs
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LOT 0452

Egyptian White Stone Scarab with Hieroglyphs

HYKSOS PERIOD, 15TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1650-1550 B.C.

7/8 in. (3.79 grams, 21 mm).

Scarab with incised detailing on the upper face; underside featuring incised hieroglyphs, including addorsed hawks and right-angled netjer signs; pierced longitudinally. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex A. H. collection, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Bietak, M., Czerny, E. (eds.), Scarabs of the Second Millennium BC from Egypt, Nubia, Crete and the Levant: Chronological and Historical Implications, Vienna, 2004, p. 123, fig. 9 (nos. 6-7), for scarab designs employing the hawk and netjer signs in the motif, found in a scarab workshop at Tell el-Dab'a.

CONDITION
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LOT 0452

Egyptian White Stone Scarab with Hieroglyphs

Sold for (Inc. bp): £364

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