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Description : A group of Egyptian scarabs and amulets New Kingdom-Late Period, 1500-300 B.C. Including a green glazed composition scarab, the underside with two columns of text for the Theban priestess and sister of king Taharqa:'god's wife, Shepenwepet', 17mm, 25th Dynasty, Kushite Period, a large steatite scarab, engraved with the nomen and prenomen cartouches of king Taharqa, 25th Dynasty, 24mm, a feldspar scarab, Late Period, a small steatite scarab engraved 'bright like creation', New Kingdom, a steatite example with a sphinx, a negro headed glazed composition scarab, Second Intermediate Period, a dark blue glazed oval plaque with an oryx on the underside, a dark green stone scarab, a lapis lazuli seal, a necklace of turquoise faience mummy beads interspersed with a Bes head and udjat eye amulets, 25in (64cm), and a group of glazed composition amulets including a squatting baboon, a figure of a lion-headed goddess, mounted, two figures of Bes, two figures of Isis suckling Horus, three figures of Taueret, an ibis-headed figure of Thoth 10mm-50mm (a lot)
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About the lot N° 85
Title : A Group Of Egyptian Scarabs And Amulets A Lot, Period : 1500
Size : New Kingdom-Late Period, 1500-300 B.C.
Notes : Provenance:Most of the scarabs acquired at Sotheby's London, 14th December 1982 and 11th July 1983 and various amulets acquired from the Dean, Gammon and McCann CollectionsExhibited:Some on loan to the Museum of Mediterranean Antiquities, Monash University, Melbourne, March 1988-April 2008Literature:For the Shepenwepet scarab cf. Hall, Catalogue of Scarabs in the British Museum, I 1913 no.2503. For a comparative type of scarab inscribed 'bright like creation' cf. Newberry, Ancient Egyptian Scarabs, (London , 1905), pl. XL, 9.
Bonhams 3, auctioneer, London, UK It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : The Geddes Collection
Sale date : 15 Oct 2008 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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