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| Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab with the Throne Name of Amenophis III - Walters 4280 - Impression.jpg This steatite scarab is glazed and incised The flat underside contains an inscription with the throne name of Amenophis III 1388-1351/1350 BC and a power loaded epithet The design on the back is very detailed with deelpy incised lines and regular flow The piece is carefully made and the workmanship is good This piece functioned as an individualized protective amulet and would have originally been mounted or threaded The amulet should secure royal authority and strength for the king and guarantee for a private owner his royal patronage and protection The unusual size of the epithet in comparison to the name of the king underlines the protective function of the scarab Together with the cryptographic reading of the cartouche as Amun it expresses that the god is the Lord of strength that my explain the unusual size of the epithet between 1388 1351 BC New Kingdom beige steatite with green-blue glaze cm 0 7 1 2 1 6 accession number 42 80 36721 Henry Walters Baltimore 1929 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Translation Throne name of King Amenhotep III in a cartouche combined with a power-loaded epithet Neb-Maat-Re / Lord of Strength place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license 2D Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Hieroglyphs on scarabs Leg of cow hieroglyph Basket nb hieroglyph Cartouches of Amenhotep III Feather hieroglyph | ||||
