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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    479. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to brown, of type the distinction between prothorax and wing-cases. On the base are cut a design of a flying scarabaeus, three annules, and two scallops, above a cartouche containing the prenomen of THOTHMES I, which is placed between two hawk-heads facing inwards, beneath each of which is the sign [_]. Rough work. XVI11th dynasty. Length, 1-^ in. [No. 36464.] u G 1, with two annules marking 480. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type C 1, inscribed with a modification of <-=• the prenomen of THOTHMES I, rudely cut. Good work ; glaze turned red. XVIIIth U dynasty. Length, | in. © [No. 27845.] J 481. Green glazed steatite Cartouche-Plaque, with line cut round the side. On the obverse is the prenomen, and on the reverse the nomen of Thothmes II, NEFER-KHAU. Lower part broken off. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, £ in. [No. 45321.] 0 $ & s £ ft 482. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type C 2, inscribed with the prenomen of Thothmes II, Aa-kheper-en-Ra. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, \ in. [No. 39367.] 483. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of type A-C 2, inscribed “ Good God, Aa-kheper-en-Ra,” the prenomen of Thothmes II, above a representation of a pectoral, each shoulder piece terminating in a hawk’s head. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 40790.]' 484. Light blue paste Scarab, of type A 2, with oval base, on which is inscribed, in a reversed cartouche, the prenomen of Thothmes II, Aa-kheper-en-Ra, between two plumed hawks’-heads of 1Y1 entu, facing inwards. Rough work. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 27800.] 485. Light blue composition Scarab, of type A 2-N, finely cut, with oval base, inscribed “Aa-kheper-en-Ra” (Thothmes II), between two maat- feathers and two neb-signs. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 28547.] (IWD 486. Glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 6, in the original thin gold setting, inscribed “ Good Goddess, Maat-ka-Ra, Lord (sic) of the Two Lands, Khnem (sic)-Amen Ha-SHEPS (Hatshepset)”; both cartouches are placed on the ideograph of “gold.” Fine work. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, § in. Loftie : Essay, lxxxiii. Newberry: Scarabs, PI. xxxii, 31. [No. 24154.] u 487. Blue fa'fence Cartouche-Plaque, of thin and broad type, inscribed on the obverse with the nomen, and on the reverse with the prenomen of HATSHEPSET, as 486. From Der al-Bahari. XVIIIth dynasty. Length, £ in. [No. 41142.] Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1904. G 2