BRIGHT TURQUOISE GLAZED SCARAB, rev. seated bearded deity holding was-sceptre confronting Maat (truth) above a nb (basket) sign -- 1.8cm. high, late Dynasty XVIII (circa 1380-1307 B.C.); a steatite scarab, rev. prenomen of Ramesses II; another, illegible cartouche; another, rev. deeply cut hieroglyphs, Sah-maat-re, Third Intermediate Period; Egyptian 'blue' scarab, rev. cow and calf(?), with star and branch in the field, early 1st millennium B.C.; green glazed scarab, rev. Horus falcon and flail; another, rev. mi Hor ("like Horus"); and a steatite scarab, rev. sun disk cartouche, Amen -- 0.7-1.6cm. high, New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.) (8)

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BRIGHT TURQUOISE GLAZED SCARAB, rev. seated bearded deity holding was-sceptre confronting Maat (truth) above a nb (basket) sign -- 1.8cm. high, late Dynasty XVIII (circa 1380-1307 B.C.); a steatite scarab, rev. prenomen of Ramesses II; another, illegible cartouche; another, rev. deeply cut hieroglyphs, Sah-maat-re, Third Intermediate Period; Egyptian 'blue' scarab, rev. cow and calf(?), with star and branch in the field, early 1st millennium B.C.; green glazed scarab, rev. Horus falcon and flail; another, rev. mi Hor ("like Horus"); and a steatite scarab, rev. sun disk cartouche, Amen -- 0.7-1.6cm. high, New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.) (8)

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