Unknown Egyptian
Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III

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Artist Unknown Egyptian

CultureEgyptian

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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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Antiquities

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SEALS & AMULETS

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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