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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    1089. Blue-green glazed steatite Scarab, of type G 3. On the base is a figure of a king holding a lotus-sceptre, and standing in front of a cartouche containing the prenomen of Thothmes III, between a winged solar disk above, and a hawk (?) below. Rough work. XIXth dynasty, or later. Length, ? in. [No. 28134.] 1090. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 3, with deeply cut legs. On the base is cut a figure of a king, wearing a long robe, with helmet and uraens, crook and flail, seated beneath the winged sun on a throne ; in the field is inscribed “ Good God, Men-kheper-Ra (Thothmes III).” XVIIIth dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 27965.] 1091. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 3-D 1. On the base is cut a figure of a king, as before, seated on a throne before a cartouche containing the prenomen of Thothmes III, above which are two symbols of “ stability.” XVIIIth-XIXth dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 3990.] 1092. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of type A 4, flat and roughly cut. On the base is rudely cut a figure of a king, with the prenomen of Thothmes III, as before. Ramesside Period. Length, f in. [No. 46742.] 1093. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to grey, of type A, with legs roughly blocked out. On the base is rudely cut a figure of a king, with the prenomen of THOTHMES III, as before; above is a winged solar disk, and below is the neb- sign. Ramesside Period. Length, ]-| in. [No. 16824.] 1094. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of type L 1, roughly cut. On the base is rudely cut a figure of a king wearing helmet and uraeus, and carrying an //^-sceptre, seated beneath a winged sun on a throne, placed on the neb-sign, before a cartouche containing the prenomen of THOTHMES III. On the back are two flowers joined. XVIIIth dynasty, or later. Length, -J-i in. Petrie : Hist. Scarabs, 1007. Anastasi Collection, 1839. [No. 3989.] 1095. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 3, mounted in a gold band as the bezel of a (modern ?) light gold ring. On the base is rudely cut a figure of a king, bearing crook and flail, seated on a throne in the Boat of Osiris; before him is a cartouche containing the prenomen of THOTHMES III. XVIIIth dynasty. Length of scarab, f in. Blacas Collection, 1867. [No. 17883.] 1096. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 3, on the base of which is cut a figure of king Thothmes III, bearing the crook, seated on a throne in the Boat of Osiris ; before him is his prenomen, in a cartouche, above which is inscribed (^<., “ Ra (as) a protection!” XVIIIth dynasty. Length, -j-i- in. Petrie: Hist. Scarabs, 1018. [No. 16795 1097. Green glazed steatite Plaque, with rounded ends. On the obverse is cut a representation of king Thothmes III, holding flail and crook, and seated on a throne in a funerary boat, the bows and stern of which end in hawks’ heads surmounted by double plumes. Before the king is a cartouche containing his prenomen, Men-kheper-Ra. On the reverse are four similar cartouches arranged round a group of four uraei, the tails of which form a knot in the centre. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 41863.] O 2