“Khonsu as Protector”

337, Lot: 606. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

New Kingdom. 1550-1075 BC. Steatite scarab (12x8mm). Base engraved with a protection formula “Khonsu as protector”. Cf. Ben-Tor p. 71, 11. Slightly chipped at base, pierced for mounting.

From the Dr. John N. Winnie Collection. Purchased from Fragments of Time, 6 June 1996.