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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    1117. Glazed steatite rectangular Plaque, faded to white. On the obverse is cut a scene of a king shooting with the bow at a lion, and in the field are the signs © (probably intended for the prenomen of THOTHMES III, or SETI I). On the reverse are the sign iv a lion passant, the ;««rt^-feather, and two crocodiles. XVIIIth- XlXth dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 43018.] 1118. Green jasper rectangular Plaque. On the obverse is cut a hunting scene, with a king shooting from a chariot at a lion and an antelope ; above is a prostrate man. On the reverse are cut corrupt forms of the prenomen of Thothmes III and the name of the god Amen. Ramesside Period. Length, f in. [No. 30580.] 1119. Glazed steatite Scaraboid, faded to white, with back carved in the shape of a sleeping lion in high relief. On the base is deeply cut a figure of a king, above whose head is the solar disk with uraei, standing, with the seated figure of a god in one hand, between two uraei, which appear to issue O from his body. Behind him is the inscription Ra-kheper, , the beginning of a royal prenomen. Unusual style. Ramesside Period. Length, f in. [No. 42347-] 1120. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type K 2, with two palm branches on back. On the base is cut a seated figure of the god Ra, between cartouches containing the prenomen of Thothmes III and the title Khd-uaset, “ Appearing in Thebes ”; above is a winged disk, and below is the sign for “ gold.” The back is elaborately treated, and plant-sprays are cut upon the elytrae. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 38661.] 1121. Green glazed steatite Hemicylinder. On the convex side is inscribed the pre- nomen of Thothmes III, in a cartouche, between two hatched borders. On the flat side is a figure of the god Ra, with the uraeated sun-disk above his head, standing, with the /MJ-sceptre in the left hand; in the field is the ideograph of “praise,” XVIIIth dynasty. Length, T9¥ in. [No. 28618.] 1122. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to salmon-red, of type A 4. On the base is cut a figure of a hawk-headed deity, standing before the prenomen of JEHA Thothmes III. Rough style. XVIIIth-XIXth dynasty. Length,in. Andrews Collection, 1848. [No. 3951.] 1123. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to grey, of type G 4, with wing-cases marked. On the base is cut a figure of the god Ra standing before a half- cartouche containing the prenomen of THOTHMES III; between them is a tree with branches. XVIIIth-XIXth dynasty. Length,{A in. Petrie : Hist. Scarabs, 985. Andrews Collection, 1848. [No. 3952.] 1124. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of type G 4. On the base is cut the prenomen of THOTHMES III, upside down, in a demi-cartouche, by the side of a tree (sycamore ?), on the other side of which is a figure of a man, roughly cut. XVIIIth dynasty, or later. Length, in. [No. 45673-]