Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2745. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Egyptian artifacts] EGYPT. Steatite scarab. New Kingdom, probably 19th Dynasty. Circa 13th-12th century BC. Length 21mm. Carved gray steatite scarab, the base with engraved hieroglyphs- “The Benevolent God, Lord of the Two Lands, Beloved of Amen-Re”. Holed for wearing. Cf. Petrie Buttons, 630. Good condition, traces of dark red faience glaze, small chip.

From the Dr. Robert B. Beckett Collection.