Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III

Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III

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Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III
CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III
Date1550–1292 BC
MediumSteatite, glaze
DimensionsOverall: 11/16 × 1 3/16 × 1 3/4 in. (1.7 × 3 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.93
Not on view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
ProvenanceAndré Bircher (1838–1926), Cairo, by 1926 [1]; by inheritance to Mrs. F. Serveux, Cairo, 1926; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.

[1] Bircher Collection #324.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Contains throne name of Amenhotep III, conqueror of the land of bowmen.

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