393, Lot: 800. Estimate $100.
Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Steatite scarab. Egypt, New Kingdom, 1550-1077 BC. Engraved with hieroglyphics for “may the lord [be] beautiful/good” (12x8mm). A few tiny chips. Pierced.
From the Carl Devries Collection, with tag reading “Sayyed, 12/30/69, 125”.
Acquired from Sayyid (Sayed) Molattam, a well-known, Luxor-based antiquities dealer from whom Devries purchased many of his pieces.
