Fifteen Egyptian scarabs Middle Kingdom - New Kingdom, circa 2000-1000 B.C. Including a brown steatite Middle Kingdom scarab, with a sacred eye on the back, 12mm.; a Second Intermediate Period steatite scarab, inscribed for one of the great Hyskos kings, 'Pepi I', 15th Dynasty, circa 1650-1550 B.C., 22mm.; an early New Kingdom white steatite scarab carved with an oryx on the underside, 17mm.; and twelve New Kingdom scarabs, including one of Egyptian blue inscibed, 'Mut makes protection and life', 14mm., two of blue faience, one a commemorative scaraboid for 'Neb-ka-Ra' of the 3rd Dynasty, the other for Queen Ta-wesret, 'SetepenMut', 19th Dynasty, 21mm.; four of greenish-blue glazed steatite, one a scaraboid inscribed, 'Nsw-Bt' King of Upper and Lower Egypt, 12mm., one inscribed, 'Maat-ka-Re', ie. Hatshepsut, protected by a winged vulture ie. Nekhbet, 18th Dynasty, 15mm., another scaraboid with uraei with solar discs on one side and a Hathor sistrum handle between falcons on the other, and another scarab with a seated god and three hieroglyphs; and four of white steatite, one inscribed, 'Anubis of the holy place', one with a king grasping snakes, one with a winged falcon with a Shen sign, and one with magical motifs of Bes with a hand, bull's head and Sobek, 24mm. largest; and another of white faience, illegible, (15)
Fifteen Egyptian scarabs Middle Kingdom - New Kingdom, circa 2000-1000 B.C. Including a brown steatite Middle Kingdom scarab, with a sacred eye on the back, 12mm.; a Second Intermediate Period steatite scarab, inscribed for one of the great Hyskos kings, 'Pepi I', 15th Dynasty, circa 1650-1550 B.C., 22mm.; an early New Kingdom white steatite scarab carved with an oryx on the underside, 17mm.; and twelve New Kingdom scarabs, including one of Egyptian blue inscibed, 'Mut makes protection and life', 14mm., two of blue faience, one a commemorative scaraboid for 'Neb-ka-Ra' of the 3rd Dynasty, the other for Queen Ta-wesret, 'SetepenMut', 19th Dynasty, 21mm.; four of greenish-blue glazed steatite, one a scaraboid inscribed, 'Nsw-Bt' King of Upper and Lower Egypt, 12mm., one inscribed, 'Maat-ka-Re', ie. Hatshepsut, protected by a winged vulture ie. Nekhbet, 18th Dynasty, 15mm., another scaraboid with uraei with solar discs on one side and a Hathor sistrum handle between falcons on the other, and another scarab with a seated god and three hieroglyphs; and four of white steatite, one inscribed, 'Anubis of the holy place', one with a king grasping snakes, one with a winged falcon with a Shen sign, and one with magical motifs of Bes with a hand, bull's head and Sobek, 24mm. largest; and another of white faience, illegible, (15)
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