A Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Scaraboid, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 - 1069 BCE Vessels - Stone Dimensions: Length: 2

Dimensions: Length: 2

some pitting to the body and loss to the rim otherwise intact and in very good condition overall

Custom mounted on original 19th/early 20th-century bobbin mount

2001 Manawatu Gallery

" The oxyrhynchus is closely associated with the god Osiris

A Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Scaraboid, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 - 1069 BCE Vessels - Stone Dimensions: Length: 2Pierced longitudinally for threading, the base of this scaraboid inscribed with the text "The image of Amun. Amun, once a local Theban deity, rose to become the 'King of the Gods' in ancient Egypthis name meaning 'The Hidden One.' When the Theban princes drove out the Hyksos and founded the Eighteenth Dynasty, Amun became pre eminent; united with the sun god to give him universal appeal, and Amen Re became king of the gods. Medium: Faience Condition: