THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXII, REIGN OF SHOSHENQ I, 945-924 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXII, REIGN OF SHOSHENQ I, 945-924 B.C.
Naturalistically modelled with a detailed clypeus and a finely-striated wing-case, the legs articulated, a suspension loop at the front edge; the underside engraved with the prenomen of the Pharaoh Shoshenq I, Hedj-kheper-Re Setep-en-Re; mounted as a ring in a modern gold setting
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) long; ring size 7¼

Provenance

Colonel Keith Howard (Australian Army and Chief of Staff for the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization) and Mrs. Joan Howard, acquired in Egypt and brought to Australia, circa 1967.

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Lot Essay

Sheshonq I was the first ruler of the 22nd Dynasty. He belonged to a family of Libyan chiefs that had been living in Egypt for generations and his reign ushered in the Libyan dynasties of the Third Intermediate Period. He is best known as the Pharaoh "Shishak" of the Old Testament who invaded the newly divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah (1 Kings 14:25; and 2 Chronicles 12:1-12).

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