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AN EGYPTIAN STEATITE 'ROYAL' SCARAB, INSCRIBED FOR THE SON OF RE, SHESHI, MAY HE LIVE FOREVER
HYKSOS PERIOD, DYNASTY XV, CIRCA 1675-1565 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN STEATITE 'ROYAL' SCARAB, INSCRIBED FOR THE SON OF RE, SHESHI, MAY HE LIVE FOREVER HYKSOS PERIOD, DYNASTY XV, CIRCA 1675-1565 B.C. The cartouche flanked by two ankh -signs, 7/8 in. (2.1 cm.) long; a steatite scarab, reverse Men-kheper-ra (Tuthmosis III), lord of Truth; a steatite plaque of Men-kheper-ra, rev. winged protector over horse(?); a mud seal impression, all New Kingdom, 15th Century B.C., 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) max.; a group of 29 2nd-1st millennium B.C. steatite scarabs and cowroids, comprising a scarab, rev . The Chamberlain, Ib, Dynasty XII, circa 1991-1786 B.C.; scarab, rev. standing Bes within concentric rings; scarab, rev. good luck signs; another similar; scarab, rev. five concentric rings; face scarab, rev. conjoining circles, Second Intermediate Period, 1786-1550 B.C.; scarab, rev. lion; scarab, rev. papyrus motif; cowroid, rev. cartouche kheper-ka , flanked by ankh , bird and wedjat -eye; cowroid, rev. scarab flanked by ankh, nsw and nefer -signs, with nwb gold sign above, all Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period; cowroid, rev. female name; rosette, rev. frog; rosette, rev. conjoined lotus petals; cowroid, rev. scarab, gold and good luck signs; scarab, rev. concubine; scarab, rev. kheper-ra ...; scarab, rev. uraei and repetitive water and oval signs; plaque, rev. winged cobra protecting wings, wearing elaborate crown, supporting seated figure of sun-god; scarab, rev. hunter smiting a scorpion, quadruped and antelope; scarab, rev. figure holding up two "creatures of the desert"; scarab, rev. man holding up two lizards; scarab, rev. User-maat-ra (Ramesses II); plaque, rev. two lions, a tree, a horse; scarab, rev. seated baboon sniffing a lotus flower on either side of the sun disc, two seated deities above, winged scarab below; lion seal, rev. lion (ti-ma'y); frog seal, rev. Men-kheper-ra (Tuthmosis III); frit scarab, rev. sistrum; another, rev. praying monkey; and a wooden cowroid, rev. cross-hatching, all Dynasty XVIII-XX, 1550-1070 B.C., ¾ in. (2 cm.) long max. (33)