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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    406. Glazed .steatite Scarab, faded to ivory-white, of type D 2, inscribed “Green Y <§>> of face (i.e., beautiful) is Tcheser-ka-Ra (Amen-hetep I),” within a rope border. 0 <=—, Early XVIIIth dynasty. Length, § in. [No. 40452.] The epithet “ green of face ” may possibly refer to the representations of this king in Osirian form. ^ 407. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type C 1. On the base is inscribed “Tcheser- ka-Ra (Amen-hetep I) riseth! ”, between two uraei and two volutes. Above is the sign of “life” between two jj plants, and below is the «^-sign. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, T9^ in. q [No. 42006.] This scarab commemorates the coronation of the king. 408. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type G 1, with the legs indicated by four groups of striations on a band. On the base is inscribed the prenomen of Amen-HETEP I (?), Tcheser-ka-Ra (?), with three hen-signs. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, in. [No. 43095.] ml¥ 409. Blue-green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 2, inscribed on the base with the prenomen of Amen-hetep I between the Red Crown and a cluster of papyrus-plants, emblematic of Lower and Upper Egypt, respectively. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 37723.] 410. Blue-green glazed steatite Scarab, of type D 2, inscribed with the prenomen of Amen-hetep I in a cartouche winged solar disk with uraei. i in. 0 W7 U beneath a double-headed uraeus and the Rough work. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, [No. 32396.] 411. Green glazed steatite Double Jackal, couchant. On the base is cut the prenomen of Amen-hetep, , between two winged solar disks (?). XVIIIth dynasty. Length, in. Athanasi Collection, 1837. [No. 3938.] 412. Dark unglazed steatite Scarab, of type L 4. On the base are cut a crowned uraeics and the prenomen of Amen-hetep I (?) ? ft Much worn. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, | in. [_] uh ‘ [No. 3774.] 413. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of type C 2, with the body cut free from the oval base, on which is cut the vulture of Nekhebet, standing on the neb-s\gr\, and offering the symbol of life to a cartouche containing the prenomen of Amen- J HETEP I. Below is inscribed “She giveth all fertility and stability,” Fine work. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, | in. Loftie: Essay, cxlvi. ^37 [No. 24217.] Wrongly attributed by Loftie (l.c.) to queen Ramaka, of the XXIst dynasty; the personal pronoun refers to the goddess Nekhebet. 414. Green glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of type C 1, with elaborately treated wing-cases. On the base is cut a figure of a kriosphinx, passant, with rings round his neck and the feathers £j p on his head. He stands on the neb-sign ; between his legs are the ideographs of “ double life ” and “stability,” jj and above him is the prenomen of Amen-hetep I, Worn at the sides. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, £ in. [No. 30630.]