Six Egyptian steatite royal scarabs
New Kingdom, 18th-19th Dynasty, circa 1567-1200 B.C.
Four Tuthmosis III scarabs with epithets including: Men-Kheper-Re, 'chosen of Amun'; 'Divine Son'; another with Tuthmosis III cartouche flanked by uraei; a scarab engraved with a sphinx over the name of Sety I, Men-maat-Re; a Sety II scarab, inscribed User-kheper-Re, chosen of Re; 13mm-16mm; and two other scarabs, one engraved with an Anra design, the other Not Ancient (8)
New Kingdom, 18th-19th Dynasty, circa 1567-1200 B.C.
Four Tuthmosis III scarabs with epithets including: Men-Kheper-Re, 'chosen of Amun'; 'Divine Son'; another with Tuthmosis III cartouche flanked by uraei; a scarab engraved with a sphinx over the name of Sety I, Men-maat-Re; a Sety II scarab, inscribed User-kheper-Re, chosen of Re; 13mm-16mm; and two other scarabs, one engraved with an Anra design, the other Not Ancient (8)
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- Provenance:
Dr. Richard Swift Collection, California, formed between the 1940s-1960s.
Each scarab is accompanied by collection and provenance notes.
Category: Antiquities
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