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LOT 2209
Thutmose III Grand Tour Scaraboid
19TH CENTURY AD.
6 1/4 in. (759 grams, 15.7 cm).
Plano-convex in section with flattened face; incised cartouches and ten lines of hieroglyphic inscription to the underside with winged scarab in base; collector's legend 'Tutmose III / 18 Dynasty 1500 BC / 121' to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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