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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    1136. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to grey, of type A 4-M. On the base is cut a figure of the god Ptah, seated before a cartouche containing the prenomen of Thothmes pi, above which is inscribed “Lord of the Two Lands”; above the figure of the god is the sign of the bull Apis, his sacred animal. XIXth dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 16809.] 1137. Blue-green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A-3, with a broad base, on which is cut a figure of the god Ptah, with a crowned uraeus before him, standing on the neb-sign in front of the prenomen of Thothmes III in a car- touche surmounted by a hawk. XIXth dynasty. Length, in. [No. 32329.] 1138. Light green glazed steatite hemicylindrical Plaque. On the convex side is inscribed the prenomen of THOTHMES III in a cartouche cut in relief, between two viaat- feathers, also in relief; below and above is a beaded border; on the flat side is rudely cut a figure of Ptah, seated before the tat, on which perch two solar hawks. XVII Ith-XIXth dynasty. Length, f in. Hay Collection, 1868. {No. 16793.] 1139. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 3. On the base are cut the solar disk in a papyrus boat, a figure of the hawk of Horus, wearing a crown and writh a whip on his back, standing upon a support, beneath which are the signs |..G)..| (for Men-kheper-Ra, the prenomen of THOTHMES III) ; the god Ptah, seated on a throne ; and the sign YI7. XXIst- XXIInd dynasty (?). Length, \ in. [No. 37823.] 1140. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 3, on the base of which are cut figures of the gods Set, Ra, and Mentu, hand in hand, above a half-cartouche containing the prenomen of Thothmes III. Chipped. XIXth dynasty. Length, -A in. Sams Collection, 1834. [No. 3612.] 1141. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to grey, of type J 1. On the base is cut the pre- nomen of Thothmes III and a standing figure of a hawk-headed deity with the ears of Set upon his head ; apparently a compound of Horus and Set, or a hawk-headed form of the latter god. XVI11th dynasty, or later. Length, in. [No. 38768.] 1142. Light green hard composition Scarab, of type A 4, on the base of which is cut a figure of the god Set standing before the prenomen of Thothmes III. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, § in. Petrie : Hist. Scarabs, 986. [No. 16832.] 1143. Blue faience Scarab, mounted in a modern metal ring, of type D 7. On the base is cut a figure of the god Set, standing before the prenomen of Thothmes III. Chipped. XIXth dynasty. Length, 1 in. Petrie: Hist. Scarabs, 987. [No. 16830.] 1144. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 3. On the base is cut a winged * figure of the god Sutekh, or Set, with pendent arms terminating in uraei. To right and left are solar disks, and below is a cartouche containing the prenomen of (F jC-. -»• Thothmes III (Men-kheper-Ra). XVIIIth-XIXth dynasty. Length, £ in. yvOb3 [No. 41861.]