The Devries Collection: Part II
The Female Pharaoh Hatshepsut

381, Lot: 586. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. Hatshepsut (1479-1458 BC). Steatite scarab (14x10mm). Face depicts the name of Hatshepsut, “foremost of noble ladies,” she was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty and the first woman in this role. Earthen encrustation. Pierced. Cf. NFA 131.

From the Carl Devries Collection.

CNG is pleased to present Part II of the Carl Devries Collection of Egyptian antiquities. A Minnesota native, Dr. Devries (1921-2010) attended Wheaton College in Illinois, earning his B.A. in 1942, M.A. in 1944 and B.D. in 1947. He served as an instructor in Biblical archaeology at Wheaton from 1945 until 1952, before leaving to pursue his Ph.D. in archaeology from the University of Chicago, which he attained in 1960.

As a member of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Devries excavated in Egypt from the early 1950s until his retirement from the university in 1975, and was part of the Nubian Expedition from 1963 to 1964. He served as a substitute pastor in the Chicago area following his retirement from archaeology.

Devries acquired the bulk of his collection during the period he was employed in Egypt, and the vast majority of his pieces were purchased from Sayyed Molattam, a noted antiquities dealer based in Luxor, where Devrie’s work with the Oriental Institute was based.

With the exception of lots 601 and 692, all of the following scarabs are from the Devries Collection.