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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.
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