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| Item Number: |
5ZJO8 |
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| Category: |
Egyptian |
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| Period: |
New Kingdom |
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| Date: |
c. 18th Dynasty, 1479-1425 B.C. |
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| Material: |
Steatite |
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| Length: |
1/2" (1.4cm) |
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| Display Stand: |
Not Available |
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| Status: |
Sold |
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| Description: |
Light cream steatite scarab in naturalistic form, representing Khepri, god of the rising sun, the base finely engraved with the royal throne name of Thutmose III ‘Men-kheper-Re’ flanked on one side by a large scarab beetle and on the other side by the neb-basket.
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| Provenance: |
Ex. Estate of Ursula Liebert, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Collection vetted by Dr. William Peck, former curator Detroit Institute of Arts.
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| Condition: |
Intact
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| References: |
Sir W.M. Flinders Petrie; Scarabs and Cylinders, 1915.
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| Keywords: |
Scarab: In the form of a beetle, these amulets were very popular throughout Egypt’s history. The scarab beetle was associated with the life-giving and ever-present sun because of its activities. They were carved from faience, gems, stone and semi-precious stones.
Thutmose III: Men-kheper-Re, 1479-1425 BC, was the son of Thutmose II and a minor wife called Aset. When Thutmose II died, his wife and half-sister Hatshepsut acted as regent for the first few years of the reign of Thutmose III. By year seven of his reign she herself had assumed the full titulary of a pharaoh, thus delaying the full accession of her nephew for more than twenty years. He finally came to the throne in his own right about 1458 BC, presumably on the death of Hatshepsut. It was probably not until relatively late in his reign that he began systematically to remove Hatshepsut’s name from her monuments, replacing it with his own.
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