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REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III, 1391-1353 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN INSCRIBED FAIENCE BEAD
reign of amenhotep III, 1391-1353 b.c.
The spherical bead of cobalt blue inlaid with turqoise hieroglyphs reading: "The good god, Neb-maat-re [Amenhotep III] given life [and] the King's wife Tiye [beloved] of Hathor, mistress of Dendera, who lives"
.7/8 in. (2.2 cm) in diameter
reign of amenhotep III, 1391-1353 b.c.
The spherical bead of cobalt blue inlaid with turqoise hieroglyphs reading: "The good god, Neb-maat-re [Amenhotep III] given life [and] the King's wife Tiye [beloved] of Hathor, mistress of Dendera, who lives"
.7/8 in. (2.2 cm) in diameter
Literature
Brugsch, Samlung Aegyptischer Alterthmer des Grafen Gregor Stroganoff, p. 6, no. 51.