Nine Egyptian Steatite Scarabs, 2nd Intermediate Period/19th Dynasty, 1640-1190 B.C., and later set in a 19th century gold necklace with fine filigree decoration and lotus flowers engraved on the clasp, most of the scarabs retaining turquoise glaze, the bases carved in sunk relief with various motifs, one with the cartouche of Tuthmosis III above a Hathor-headed sistrum flanked by uraei, and another with a row of nefer signs and an ankh within a guilloche border. Length approximately 16 in. 40.7 cm. Scarabs 9/16 to 3/4 in. 1.4 to 1.9 cm.
Nine Egyptian Steatite Scarabs, 2nd Intermediate Period/19th Dynasty, 1640-1190 B.C., and later set in a 19th century gold necklace with fine filigree decoration and lotus flowers engraved on the clasp, most of the scarabs retaining turquoise glaze, the bases carved in sunk relief with various motifs, one with the cartouche of Tuthmosis III above a Hathor-headed sistrum flanked by uraei, and another with a row of nefer signs and an ankh within a guilloche border. Length approximately 16 in. 40.7 cm. Scarabs 9/16 to 3/4 in. 1.4 to 1.9 cm.
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