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EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB WITH THE NAME OF AMUN-RA IN SILVER …
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EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB WITH THE NAME OF AMUN-RA IN SILVER …
Estimate £300 - £600
Voluntary lot
Description
EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB WITH THE NAME OF AMUN-RA IN SILVER SWIVEL RING.
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A steatite scarab with a domed back marked by a single-line suture and pronotum separation, while V-shaped notches appear along the upper outer edges of the elytra. The flat base is engraved with an inscription with the name of the sun god Amun-Ra, positioned below a large lotus bud and above a basket, neb sign, meaning "lord". Set in a possibly later silver swivel ring with a plain hoop. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 25.3.192, 26.7.429. Size: D:21.79mm / US: 12 1/2 / UK: Z; Weight: 5g Provenance: From a private UK collection; London art market acquisition; earlier in an Oxford private collection dating to the 1990s.
About the sale
FINE ANCIENT JEWELLERY AND BEADS - THE PRINCE COLLECTION
Auction location
Auction time
06/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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