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London: Faber and Faber (1955)
The melon-shaped bead is formed from hammered gold sheet over clay
they may have been hero-ancestors
two hoops for attachment on the back
perhaps suggesting that the hacha also had a protective function (Helmke 2018)
A Royal Egyptian Glazed Steatite Scarab for Amasis II, Dynasty 26, ca. 570 – 526 BCE Medium - Silver London: Faber and Faber (1955)Pierced longitudinally for suspension, the scarab is finely carved from steatite then glazed and fired to a soft green, the back has a single suture and pronotum lines with markings on the elytra. The legs are naturalistically carved and deeply incised. The base is inscribed Khnemibre, the prenomen of Amasis (Ahmose) II of Dynasty 26, whose reign marks the high point of the 26th Dynasty in terms of wealth and prosperity. The last great ruler of Egypt
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