Catalogue of Egyptian scarabs, etc., in the British Museum / by H.R. Hall. Printed by order of the Trustees.

  • British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
Date:
1913-
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Credit: Catalogue of Egyptian scarabs, etc., in the British Museum / by H.R. Hall. Printed by order of the Trustees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    995. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 3, with arched back. On the base is cut a figure of a royal sphinx passant towards a cartouche containing the prenomen of THOTHMES III; above his back is inscribed (sic), “Good God.” Fine work. Chipped at one end. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, \ in. Petrie: Hist. Scarabs, 997. [No. 3995.] 996. Blue-green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 3, in its original gold setting, mounted in a gold wire ring. On the base is cut a figure of a winged hawk-headed sphinx, seated before the prenomen of Tiiothmes III. Fine work. XVIIIth dynasty. Length of scarab, £ in. Salt Collection, 1835. [No. 2936.J 997. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of type A 3. On the base is a cartouche containing the prenomen of THOTHMES III, before which is seated a winged sphinx, with disk and uraeus on his head, and a nefer-sign above and below. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, fe in- [No. 464440 998. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A, with legs roughly blocked out. On the base is cut the figure of a royal sphinx, passant, freely drawn ; he wears the Double Crown and stands on the ideograph of “ gold,” psn: in the field are the signs ^xiLj, the beginning of the prenomen of Thothmes III, Men-kheper-Ra. Bold style. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 27895.] 999. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to yellow, of type A, with legs blocked out. On the base is roughly cut a figure of a sphinx, with a pendent collar, seated r—>, on the neb-sign ; above is the cartouche [Men]-kheper-Ra (Thothmes III ?). I Q [ The head of the sphinx is detached from its body. XVIIIth dynasty. | ^ |' Length, f in. [No. 38613.] ^^ 1000. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to brown, of type A ; in original gold mount (a plain funda) as the movable bezel of a gold finger-ring, of nearly circular section ; gold wire attachment, now loose. On the base is exactly the same design and inscription as on 999. Petrie: Hist. Scarabs, 1003. XVIIIth dynasty. Length of scarab, in.; diameter of ring, 1^ in. [No. 2935.] 1000 shows the same peculiarities of treatment as 999 ; both were evidently by the same maker. 1001. Blue-green glazed steatite rectangular Plaque, with a slot in each of the two long sides. On the flat obverse is rudely incised the protecting hawk, with wings outstretched above the ring Q (the claw which ought to be holding it is omitted1) and the neb-sign. On the slightly convex reverse is cut, in open relief, a sphinx, couchant, with a cartouche containing the pre- nomen of Thothmes III between its paws ; above the sphinx is a solar disk-with one wing. Rough work. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, § in. 1002. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 4-6. On the base is cut a figure of a royal sphinx, wearing the horns, disk, and feathers on his head, and a heavy necklace, or royal garment, hanging in front of his chest and forelegs, passant towards a cartouche containing the prenomen of Thothmes III ; above his back is the sign J, and at each end of the base is a neb-sign. Fine work. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, in. Anastasi Collection, 1839. [No. 3996.] 1003. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of type A 3. On the base is cut a figure of the royal sphinx, couchant, wearing the sun disk on his head. He holds the cartouche of Men-kheper-Ra (Thothmes III). In the field is the inscription “ Good God, Lord of the Two Lands,” ^ J . XVIIIth dynasty. Length, | in. [No. 38626.]