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Electronic Auction 410  29 Nov 2017
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Lot 986

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 110 USD
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Steatite scarab with partial green glaze. Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. Thutmose III (circa 1479-1425 BC). Scarab with simple details and piercing for suspension. On face, r mn xpr, a name of Thutmose III (15x11mm). Chipped in a few areas.

Ex Christie's London 'Fine Antiquities' (10 July 1991), lot 85 (part of).

The son of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, Thutmose III was the sixth pharoah of the 18th Dynasty. He ruled for over half a century, during which time the Egyptian Empire reached its zenith.
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