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Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
NEW KINGDOM, 1504-1450 B.C. OR LATER
1 1/8 in. (5.29 grams, 28 mm).
Pierced longitudinally with a detailed carapace, the underside is decorated with the image of a coiled cobra wearing the dual crown of Egypt facing the hieroglyphs giving the throne name of King Thutmose III (mn-ḫpr-RꜤ).
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of Walter Thomas Gaze Cooper (1895-1980); thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Scarabs and Cylinders with Names, London, 1917, pl. XXVIII, no. 70, for a scarab of Thutmose III with a similar design.
FOOTNOTES:
The popularity of this great Egyptian pharaoh was such that his name appeared on scarabs during his reign and into the Late Period.
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