Scarab
- Hilton Price Number
- HP363
- Object Type
- Scarab, seal, scaraboid, intaglio and similar objects, Scarab
- Period
- Late Period
- Dynasty
- Twenty-sixth Dynasty
- Ruler
- Psamtik I
- Material
- Stone/minerals (Basalt)
- Measurements
- Length: ½ inches
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Animal
- Scarab
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- Description
-
Dark green basalt Scarab, inscribed [HIEROGLYPHS], Psemθek, "Psammetichus." L. ½ 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.
- Buyer
- Oxford
- Former Owner
- Frederick George Hilton Price (1842–1909)
- Language
- Egyptian
- Script
- Hieroglyphic
- Last modified: 05 Sep 2021