Description Great Granite Scarab Amenophis’ III
Relatively fine-grained rose granite, except for the gouged(?) Ankh on Ma’ats knee intact, not perforated
Length appx. 40 mm, width appx. 26 mm, depth appx. 19 mm
New Kingdom, XVIII. Dynasty, 1380 - 1350 BC
Provenance: Estate of Roman Vishniac, New York 1990,
E&J Frankel, New York 2011, private collection Austria
The belly side shows very clearly Amenophis’ III throne name Neb-ma’at-Ra. The finely modelled fields of the Ma’at, the (presumably) chiseled Ankh and the perforated sun disk shifted to the right seem striking.
Expert: Dr. Helmut Satzinger, Professor of Egyptology, University of Vienna; Former Keeper of ‘The Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection’, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Lit: Aude Gros de Beler, “G?tter und G?ttinnen ?gyptens”,
K?ln 2001, p. 119, Maria Carmela Betrò, “Heilige Zeichen”, Wiesbaden 2003, p. 151
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