AN EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB

LATE PERIOD, 25TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF ANALMAAYE, 542-538 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB
LATE PERIOD, 25TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF ANALMAAYE, 542-538 B.C.
The beetle symmetrically rendered with a ram head on each side wearing a striated tripartite headcloth surmounted by a solar disk fronted by a uraeus, two wedjat-eyes along each side; the underside engraved with the royal cartouche of the Pharaoh Analmaaye, encircled by a scalloped crosshatched border; perforated lengthwise
1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm.) long

Provenance

Mr. Michel Albert Manoukian, Paris, 1975.
Private Collection, acquired from the above and brought to the U.S., 1981; thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

Kushite kings, such as Analmaaye, saw themselves as sons of the god Amun. As Amun's avatar was the ram, the motif of the ram's head wearing a solar disk fronted by a uraeus became a favorite emblem of the Kushite pharaohs.

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