Lot 19
19
AN EGYPTIAN WOOD ATTACHMENT IN THE FORM OF A BOUND CAPTIVE
AN EGYPTIAN WOOD ATTACHMENT IN THE FORM OF A BOUND CAPTIVE
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AN EGYPTIAN SILVER AND GLAZED STEATITE SCARAB SWIVEL RING

NEW KINGDOM, 19TH-20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1279-1069 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN SILVER AND GLAZED STEATITE SCARAB SWIVEL RING
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH-20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1279-1069 B.C.
2cm. long; ring size Q
Provenance
with J. J. Klejman, New York.
with Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, January 1979.
with Sheppard and Cooper, London, acquired from the above.
Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 28 November 2017, lot 20 (unsold).
Belgium private collection, prior to 2003.

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Lot Essay

The underside of the scarab beetle is decorated with a ritual scene showing a kneeling king wearing the Khepresh or blue crown and holding an offering in his outstretched arm to a squatting baboon, either the god Khonsu or Thoth. The hieroglyphs above the scene spell out the name of Ramesses: User-maat-Ra Setep-en-Ra. The figure of the king squats above the narrow horizontal mer-sign, probably intended to be read as “Ramesses beloved of Thoth (or Khonsu).”

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