EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB WITH STYLISED SCROLL BORDER

Second Intermediate Period / Hyksos period, Ca. 1700 - 1550 BC An Egyptian Second Intermediate Period / Hyksos period hand-carved steatite scarab. It has a scroll border and a luck sign (the glyph Sa for “protection”) is carved on its base. Its back depicts the natural back of the scarab beetle with an additional design of antenne-like features. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 22.1.311. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
Size: 18mm x 12mm; Weight: 2.3g
Provenance: Private collection, London, UK. ex. F. Piket 1980s, Netherlands.

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Estimate: GBP 150 - 300