Scarab
- Hilton Price Number
- HP223
- Object Type
- Scarab, seal, scaraboid, intaglio and similar objects, Scarab
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dynasty
- Eighteenth Dynasty
- Ruler
- Thutmose III
- Material
- Stone/minerals (Steatite)
- Measurements
- Length: ¹¹⁄₁₆ inches
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Animal
- Scarab
- Divine Name
- Re
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- Description
-
Gray glazed steatite Scarab, inscribed with a figure of Thothmes III. [HIEROGLYPHS], slaying a foe in the presence of "Beautiful Rā," and a goddess. L. ¹¹⁄₁₆ in.
- Bibliography
-
Price, Frederick George Hilton (1897) A catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price. London: Quaritch. Anonymous (1911). Catalogue of the important and extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of the late F. G. Hilton-Price, Esq. [...] : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [...] on Wednesday, 12th July, 1911, and two following days, and on Monday, the 17th of July, and four following days. London: Davy.
- Former Owner
- Frederick George Hilton Price (1842–1909)
- Last modified: 16 Aug 2021