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LOT 0485
Large Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Hieroglyphs
LATE PERIOD, 664-450 B.C.
1 in. (6.65 grams, 24 mm).
Detailed carapace and head, underside with animals and wedjat motif; pierced longitudinally.
Provenance
Mrs Allinson to Mrs Foster, 1867 and thence by descent to the current owner, Stanley Crescent, London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Masson, A., Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt: Scarabs, scaraboids and amulets, London, 2018, 37, Fig. 99, for a virtually identical example.
Footnotes
This scarab design has been dated to the 18th Dynasty, though originals or copies have been found at Naukratis and at other sites in the Mediterranean, dated from the 8th to the 5th centuries BC.
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LOT 0485
Large Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Hieroglyphs
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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