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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    30. Light blue glazed steatite rectangular Plaque. On the obverse is an Utchat, deeply cut in open work, and on the reverse is inscribed the name of Men-KA-Ra, in a cartouche, with the Horus name: LmJ . . . . TAUI. XXVIth dynasty. Length, \ in. [No. 16417.] | jj | 31. Faience Scarab, faded to white, of type A 8, inscribed “ Praise the Horus Men-KA-Ra.” Much worn. XXVIth dynasty. Length, J in. [No. 16423.] Sk (°fll 32. Blue composition (imitation lapis) Scarab, of type A 6, on the base of which is inscribed the name of Men-ka-Ra, in a cartouche, below which are figures of the ^ Horus-hawk, wearing the crown of Upper Egypt and having a whip on his back, cflak followed by the goddess Sekhmet (Sekhet), or Bast, holding a papyrus sceptre, on GBH the neb sign. Fine work. XXVIth dynasty. Length, in. [No. 16402.] 33. Glazed, stone Scarab, faded to grey, of type A 3, with elongated base, inscribed with the name of king Men-ka-Ra, beneath the winged sun, in a double cartouche, surmounted by plumes and placed between the uraei of Upper and Lower Egypt and above the neb sign. Part of the glaze, originally blue, remains upon the base. Uncertain Period. Length, if in. D'Atlianasi Collection, 1837. [No. 3921.] 34. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to grey, of type G 1, archaizing. On the oval base are cut the boat of Amen-Ra, over a cartouche containing the name of Men-ka-Ra, before a protecting uraeus; above is a neb. XXVIth dynasty. HMBMj Length, T9^- in. [No. 48863.] 35. Blue-green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 1, with elaborately cut head, and arched back. On the base is inscribed the prenomen of Men-KA-Ra in a cartouche; in the field are a sphinx, couchant, a winged uraeus with the ring-sign, and the neb. Fine glaze. XXVth-XXVIth dynasty (?). Length, J in. [No. 29238.] 36. Deep blue glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 3. On the base is cut a figure of a king, kneeling, and offering a vase to the cartouche of king Men-ka-Ra, which is BS beneath him. XXVIth dynasty. Length, -f in. [No. 40875.] 37. Green glazed steatite rectangular Plaque, with flat obverse (base), inscribed “ Men-KA-Ra the Guardian,” and a-convex reverse (back), on which is cut an Utchat. XXVIth dynasty. Length, \^ in. Salt Collection. [No. 3922.] 38. Light green faience Scarab, of type A 7, with elongated base, on which is inscribed the name of Men-KA-Ra with the figure of a guardian, between two neb signs. From Tell Nebesha. Saite Period. Length, in. Petrie: Tanis, II, pi. viii, 60. [No. 18533.] Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1887. 39. Green faience Scarab, of type A 3, inscribed with a late form of % the name of king Men-ka-Ra, — U . Saite Period. Length, ^ inch. U [No. 39939-]