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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    470. Blue-green faience Cowroid, inscribed with the prenomen of THOTHMES I. Thick glaze. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 30567.] O u 471. Blue faience Scarab, of type H 2, inscribed with the O THOTHMES I, Aa-KHEPER-KA-Ra, . Thick glaze. XVIIIth dynasty Petrie : Hist. Scarabs, 858. u prenomen of Length, § in. [No. 13427.] 472. Light green glazed steatite Scarab, of type C 2, with legs striated and cut _free. On the oval base is inscribed “ Good God, Lord of the Two Lands, Aa-KHEPER-ka-Ra (Thothmes II), giving life for ever.” Below the cartouche is the ideograph of “gold.” XVIIIth dynasty. Length, f in. Newberry : Scarabs, PI. xxvii, II. [No. 30570.] f iA Si 473. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to light brown, of type C 2, inscribed “ Aa-kheper-KA-Ra(Thothmes I),Lord of the Square (neb hap), pillar of strength.” Fine work. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, f in. Loftie: Essay, Ixxxi. Newberry: Scarabs, PI. xxvii, 11. Petrie: Hist. Scarabs, 872. [No. 24152.] 0 ^37 474. Oval base of a steaschist Scarab, sliced off, inscribed with the prenomen of Thothmes I, Aa-kheper-ka-Ra, in a cartouche from which spring the outspread wings and legs of a vulture: below is the ideograph of “ gold,” XVIIIth dynasty. Length,in. Newberry: Scarabs, PI. xxvii, 9. [No. 16578.] 475. Light green jasper Scarab, of type A 2, with legs cut free and oval base, on which is cut a representation of a king wearing the helmet, shooting with a bow from a chariot at a Nubian armed with two throwsticks, who is struck in the breast with an arrow, and is falling, with averted head, in front of the royal horses. Above is the inscription “Good God, Aa-kheper-ka-Ra (Thothmes I),” ^ ~ * U Very fine work. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, | in. Hay Collection, 1868. Newberry: Scarabs, PI. xxvii, 4. [No. 17774.] 476. Lapis-blue glass Scarab, of type A 2, in its original setting as the bezel of a U-shaped gold ring, of circular section. On the base is inscribed the prenomen of ■© Aa-kheper-Ra (Thothmes I, II, or Amen-hetep II), rfr. Slightly chipped. XVIIIth 1 dynasty. Length of scarab, \ in.; diameter of ring, f in. Hay Collection, 1868. [No. 17745-] 477. Light green glazed steatite Cowroid, on the base of which is cut the uraeus of Uatchit, wearing the horns and disk of Hathor, entwined with and springing up from a papyrus plant with a single flower._ In the field are a cartouche containing the prenomen of Thothmes I (?) Aa-kheper-Ra, the ideograph of “life,” and the word “beloved” (of Uatchit). XVIIIth dynasty. Length, -ff in. Petrie : Hist. Scarabs, 870. [No. 16568.] Presented by Major-Gen. A. W. H. Meyrick, 1879. 478. Light blue-green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 2-C 1, with oval base, on which is cut a figure of a bull walking on a papyrus plant. In the field are inscribed the ideograph of “life,” and the prenomen of Thothmes I,