Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut, Living, ca. 1479–1458

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Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut, Living, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1479–1458 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 7 (G), 1926–27, Steatite (glazed), L. cm (5/8 in.); W. cm (1/2 in.), This scarab was found in one of the foundation deposits located along the front of the lower court of Hatshepsut's funerary temple at Deir el-Bahri. The inscription on the base is missing a hieroglyph

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