371, Lot: 1046. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

2nd Intermediate Period. Circa 1650-1550 BC. Steatite scarab (18x13mm). Base inscribed with hieroglyphics for “King of Upper and Lower Egypt.” Nefer (“beauty”) to upper left and right. Deeply engraved. A few small chips. Pierced. Cf. Rowe 38.

From the Carl Devries Collection.