371, Lot: 1006. Estimate $250. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. Thutmose III (1479-1425 BC). Steatite scaraboid (15x12mm). Back is carved with an elaborate wadjet eye (“Eye of Horus”). Face depicts the cartouche of Thutmose III, sixth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty, with a maat (“truth”) and uraeus (royal cobra) on either side. Collector’s tag attached. Scattered chips. Pierced. Cf. Rowe 495 for a similar face.

From the Carl Devries Collection, purchased 7 March 1970.