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CIVILIZATION | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Second Intermediate |
DATE | circa 1640-1540 B.C. |
MATERIAL | Steatite |
MOUNTED | No |
Turquoise-green semi glazed steatite design scarab with the underside markings pigmented, the underside decorated with a symmetric pattern in vertical arrangement, above; a papyrus column flanked by two bent papyrus buds, below; an interlocked continuous pattern with the probable meaning of protection. Originally mounted on an iron loop, perhaps a ring, indicated by the remaining residue through the piercing.
ex. R.H Blanchard Collection, early 1920s.
English Private Collection, prior to 1970.
cf. Magnarini F.; Catalogo ragionato di una collezione di Scarabei-Sigillo Egizi, p. 96, no. 03.08 and p. 131, no. 03.43.
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CATEGORY | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Second Intermediate |
DATE | circa 1640-1540 B.C. |
MATERIAL | Steatite |
MOUNTED | No |