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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    [426-435 426. Glazed, steatite rectangular Plaque, faded to brown. On the back is cut a figure of a warrior, or king, advancing to the right, and grasping weapons in both hands; from his loins spring two uraei. On the base are cut, in relief, a maat-kaXher f ^ and a cartouche, within (£! I12J o (for W' ?). U Ramesside [No. 23284.] which is inscribed a corrupt royal name Period. Length, -LA. in. 427. Light green faience Scaraboid Stamp, with ribbed back, on the base of which is inscribed a corrupt royal name, © 00 M (combination of and ?). XIXth-XXIInd dynasty. ^jQ [No. 4263.] 428. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of type A 3, rougly cut, inscribed with the name of Amen-HETEP I, as protector of the Theban Necropolis, with the symbols of “ goodness,” “ praise,” and “ hearing ” (prayers), Back chipped. XVIIIth- XlXth dynasty. Length, § in. [No. 47029.] 429. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of type C 2. On the base are cut the sisjns Length, 1 in. u u Salt Collection, 1835. dynasty. “beautiful is A[men-hetep (!)]”(?)• Early XVlIIth Length, \ in. [No. 423I9v It seems probable that the letter Ij was used monogrammatically on scarabs to denote the name of Amen- hetep I (see Introduction, and Vol. ii). 430. Glazed steatite Scarab inscribed on the base with the name of queen (Aahmes)-Nefert-ari (garbled, and confused with the “monogram” f A of Amen-HETEP I), with the crown of Lower Egypt. XVIIIth dynasty, i ‘■J Length, ^ in. [No. 40064.] 431. Glazed steatite ^oT^-shaped Plaque, faded to white. On the base , and on the three facets of is cut the prenomen of Amen-HETEP I, the back are the symbols of “life” and o “praise,’ Phoenicia. Early XVII Ith dynasty. T7g- in. by f in. m From 432. Hard light blue paste Scarab, of type D 1, rudely inscribed “ Chief Royal Wife, Aah-hetep,” with the signs of “ beauty ” and “life.” Slightly chipped below. XVII Ith dynasty. Length, in. y q Newberry: Scarabs, PI. xxvi, 4. [No. 26981.] xi 433. Lapis-lazuli Scarab, of type A 2-C 2, inscribed on the base with the name of queen Aah-HETEP, c=4=.. XVII Ith dynasty. Length, in. ^ □ [No. 40780.] 1” 434. Light blue glazed steatite Scarab, of type C 1, inscribed “Royal T o Wife Aah-hetep.” XVII Ith dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 28592.] D 0 435. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type C 2, inscribed “ King’s Wife Aah-hetep.” XVII Ith dynasty. Length, yL in. Newberry : Scarabs, PI. xxvi, 32. [No. 28624.]