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Electronic Auction 371  23 March 2016
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Lot 1010

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 1700 USD
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New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. Queen Tiye (1398-1338 BC). Steatite scarab with partial green glaze (19x12mm). Face depicts Tiye's name including three maat symbols ("truth") and nemet nesewt Tiye or "the royal wife Tiye." She became the great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III, and was the mother of Akhenaten and grandmother of Tutankhaman. Tiny chip on back. Pierced. Cf. NFA 138-9.

From the Carl Devries Collection.
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