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2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A GROUP OF SIX EGYPTIAN SCARABS
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Comprising a steatite scarab, rev. Neferhotep, rising sun between two Red crowns, with double feathers below, in gold swivel mount, Dynasty XV (1648-1540 B.C.); a turquoise faience scarab, rev. prenomen of Tuthmosis III, the good god, New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.); a naturalistic green hardstone scarab, Late Period (664-332 B.C.); an obsidian scarab, Middle Kingdom (2133-1797 B.C.); a rock crystal scarab, in later mount, Dynasty XVIII (1550-1295 B.C.); and a pale green jasper scaraboid plaque with figure of the cow Hathor with sa (protection) sign in front, Dynasty XXII-XXVII, circa 9th-6th Century B.C.
1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) long max. (6)
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Comprising a steatite scarab, rev. Neferhotep, rising sun between two Red crowns, with double feathers below, in gold swivel mount, Dynasty XV (1648-1540 B.C.); a turquoise faience scarab, rev. prenomen of Tuthmosis III, the good god, New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.); a naturalistic green hardstone scarab, Late Period (664-332 B.C.); an obsidian scarab, Middle Kingdom (2133-1797 B.C.); a rock crystal scarab, in later mount, Dynasty XVIII (1550-1295 B.C.); and a pale green jasper scaraboid plaque with figure of the cow Hathor with sa (protection) sign in front, Dynasty XXII-XXVII, circa 9th-6th Century B.C.
1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) long max. (6)
Provenance
Formerly in the Maurice Nahman collection (1868-1948).
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Sale room notice
The scarab on the middle row, third from right, on page 67 has been wrongly numbered as lot 319 and should be numbered lot 318.