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EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB WITH HIEROGLYPHIC COMPOSITION IN SI…
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EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB WITH HIEROGLYPHIC COMPOSITION IN SI…
Estimate £300 - £600
Voluntary lot
Description
EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB WITH HIEROGLYPHIC COMPOSITION IN SILVER SWIVEL RING.
Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom, Ca. 2030 - 1069 BC. A steatite scarab, preserving traces of blue glaze, with a domed back marked by a double-lined suture and single incised lines separating the pronotum from the elytra. The flat base is engraved with a hieroglyphic composition featuring an expression for good wishes and protection framed by two basket (neb) signs. Set in a possibly later silver swivel ring with a plain hoop. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 23.3.325; The Louvre Museum, Main number: E 14420 36. Size: D:17.32mm / US: 7 / UK: N 1/2; Weight: 3.3g 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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