Foundation deposit
scarab
glazed steatite
Scarab made of green glazed steatite. On the base there is an incised inscription with Hatshepsut's prenomen: "Maat-ka-(Ra), may she live (Mȝʿ.t-kȝ-(Rʿ)ʿnḫ. tj)". Inscription is oriented vertically on the scarab, sign ʿnḫ is located to the left of the name, tj - to the right.
Discovered by Egyptians in the summer of 1930, objects are known from the antiquities dealer Abemayor (November 1930).
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