Scarab made of green glazed steatite. Type 5[1] - back with marked prothorax and elytra and V-shaped marking on either wing-case. On the base there is an incised composition consisting of inscription with prenomen of Thutmose III: Good God, Men-kheper-Ra (nṯr nfr Mn-ḫpr-Rʿ). Sign nṯr is on the left of the vertically oriented cartouche, sign nfr - on the right. Above the inscription there is a falcon with outstretched wings depicted. Under the inscription there is a wsekh collar represented. Whole composition is oriented vertically on the scarab. Length of the scarab is 1.7cm.
Footnotes
- ^ 1394: Scarab-shaped seals. Catalogue général des antiquités des égyptiennes du Musée de Caire, nos. 36001-37521 - - 1907 - Newberry, Percy E..
Excavated by the H.E. Winlock (Metropolitan Museum of Art) in the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari in 1926-1927. Gained by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1927 in the division of finds (Rogers Fund).
Bibliography:
- Weinstein, James Morris, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Egypt, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania 1973, 159-160
- Roehrig, Catharine H., The Foundation Deposits of Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple at Deir el-Bahari, in: Dorman, Peter F., Bryan, Betsy M., Galán, José M., Occasional Proceedings of the Theban Workshop. Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut. Papers from the Theban Workshop 2010, Chicago 2014, 150, 154
- Hayes, William C., The Scepter of Egypt: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom, Cambridge, Mass. 1959, 87-88, Fig(s). 48
- Winlock, Herbert Eustis, Excavations at Deir el-Bahri 1911-1931, New York 1942, 132-135, Pl(s). 43
- Winlock, Herbert Eustis, The Egyptian Expedition 1925-1927: The Museum's Excavations at Thebes, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 23.2, 1928, Fig(s). 28