Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 11568 | |
Title: | FAIENCE SCARAB | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 11568 | |
Description: | Faience scarab, longitudinally pierced. | |
Decoration: | James 1962, Perachora 2, cat. D11-55 all have name of Amenhotep III. Cf. A.F. Gorton 1996, p. 64, type XXII, group A gives neb-maat-Ra as praenomen of Amenhotep. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Sun disk with MN below at upper left. Apparently MAAT feather upper right? HTP below. NB basket at bottom. Perhaps praenomen of Amenhotep III (neb-ma-Re) (14th c. BCE),18th dynasty pharaoh. Reading by N. Skon-Jedele 1994, Aigyptiaka, cat. 127. | |
Material: | White or pale green faience. | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. Badly worn. | |
Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
Area: | Minor Projects | |
Context: | NB269 P166 | |
Bibliography: | N. Skon-Jedele 1994, Aigyptiaka, cat. 127, p. 236 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Minor Projects Basket: NB269 P166 |