393, Lot: 803. Estimate $400. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Green jasper scarab. Egypt, New Kingdom, 1550-1077 BC. Face engraved with a baboon seated to right; ma’at (“truth”) before, n’b (“lord”) below (14x11mm). Tiny chip on back. An excellent example.

Ex Christie’s London ‘Fine Antiquities,’ 10 July 1991, lot 85 (part of).