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
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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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    301. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of (early XVIIIth dynasty) type A 2-C 2, with oval base,'on which is inscribed “Lord of the South and the North, Aa-peH (= Aa-pehti-Ra Nubti).” Unskilfully cut. End of the Hyksos Period (XVIth dynasty ; about 1650 B.C.). Length, f in. c\ [No. 32368.] V This is the only contemporary monument of this king that exists. He is otherwise known from the “ Stele of Four Hundred Years ” (dedicated at Tanis by an official of Rameses II, in the “Year 400 of king Set-aa-pehti Nubti” (Mariette : Rev. Arch., N.S., XI, 1865, 169 ff.). The existence of this scarab, which is of the usual style of the beginning of the XVIIIth dynasty, settles the question of the historical existence of king Nubti, which has been doubted, the name having been taken to refer rather to the god Set (Sethe: Untersuchungen, III, p. 60). 302. Light blue paste Scarab, of type A 5, inscribed with the name of the Hyksos [ Aa-peh-Ra, written | . XXVIth dynasty. Length, § in. [No. 16574.] Presented by Major-Gen. Sir A. W. H. Meyrick, 1879. % 303. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type F 2, faded to grey, inscribed “ King’s Son Ket-SE.” Hyksos Period. Length, | in. Loftie : Essay, xl; Newberry : Scarabs, PI. xxiii, 23. [No. 24111.] 304. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type F-L 2, inscribed “ King’s Eldest Son, Apeq.” Hyksos Period. Length, | in. Sams Collection, 1834. Petrie : Hist. Scarabs, 361. [No. 3926.] 305. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of type F-L 2, inscribed “ King’s Eldest Son, Apeq.” Hyksos Period. Length, f in. Loftie : Essay, lxx. [No. 24141.] □ ^1 306. Glazed steatite Scarab, of type D 2, faded to white, inscribed “ Son of the Sun, Eldest King’s (Son), Apeq,” between two winged solar disks. Fine work.; slightly chipped. Hyksos Period. Length, in. [No. 37669.] □ /d 307. Green glazed steatite Scarab, with wing-cases not marked, inscribed “Eldest King’s Son, Neb-neteru,” between borders of neter-signs. Hyksos Period. Length, f in. [No. 42546.] J 1 1 1T1 L r 308. Glazed steatite Scarab, of flat type G 1, faded to white, inscribed “ King’s Wife, Aah(?)-TAU-tA,” with other signs. From Tell el-Yahudiya. Hyksos Period. Length, f in. Newberry: Scarabs, PI. xxiii, 17. [No. 20824.] Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fu?id, 1888.