| 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 |
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