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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    294. Dark green glazed steatite Scarab, roughly cut, of type F 2, inscribed with the name of Ne-ka-Ra II in a cartouche ; in the field are the ideo- © graphs of the solar disk, “gold,” the uraeus and neb. Hyksos Period. Length, ^ in. [No. 32305.] ^1?) LJl ^37 295. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type F 2, inscribed with the prenomen of Apepi I, Aa-USER-Ra, in a cartouche; in the field are the ideographs of “rising,” the uraeus, and “lordship.” Hyksos Period (XVIth dynasty). Length, t£ in- [No. 32331-] This scarab is of exactly the same type and style of design as the preceding scarabs of Nekara, thus proving that Nekara either preceded or succeeded Aa-user-Ra Apepi ; the former alternative is the more probable. 296. Blue glazed steatite Scarab, of type E 2, roughly cut, inscribed “ king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Aa-USER-Ra (Apepi), giving life,” enclosed within a spiral border. Hyksos Period. Length, § in. [No. 37663.] IV fA 297. Glazed steatite Scarab, of type E 2, faded to white. On the base is inscribed “ king of Lower Egypt, Aa-USER-Ra (Apepi I), giving life,” within a spiral border. Hyksos Period (XVIth dynasty). Length, T9¥ in. Loftie : Essay, xlii; Petrie: Hist. Scarabs, 725. [No. 24113.] 298. Glazed steatite Scarab, of type F_2, faded to white, inscribed with the prenomen of Apepi I (Aa-USER-[Ra]), in a cartouche between two groups of the ideographs of “ fertility,” “kingship,” and “ lordship ” (?). Hyksos Period (XVIth dynasty). Length, in. Petrie : Hist. Scarabs, 722. [No. 4140.] 299. Blue glazed steatite Rosette, or Button-seal, inscribed Aa-USER-Ra (Apepi). XVIth dynasty. Diameter, i in. [No. 40743 ] 300. Blue-green glazed steatite Cowroid, with a toothed border round the back; inscribed with the prenomen of Apepi I, Aa-user-Ra, in a cartouche between two papyrus- plants, symbols of Lower Egypt and the North. Ends broken off. Hyksos Period (XVIth dynasty). Length, % in. Blacas Collection, 1867. Petrie: Hist. Scarabs, 723. [No. 17780.]