. The sacred beetle: a popular treatise on Egyptian scarabs in art and history. joined to Amen? 5o THE SACRED BEETLE. [Plate II. 234 is a Ren amulet, and bears this queens favourite name, Makara 1 T neter nefer, good or beautiful: Qd ^ UJ, MAAT KA RA. The goddess of truth, Maat, she seems-to have regarded as her patron saint and taken her namefrom. This scarab is well engraved, has its ancient greencolour, and bears on the back the sacred eye Uzatycarved in bold relief. 217 contains signs intended for Queen Hatasus prenomen /www / nv^ v Well cut, but colour gone. 437 bears Makaras fuller title
. The sacred beetle: a popular treatise on Egyptian scarabs in art and history. joined to Amen? 5o THE SACRED BEETLE. [Plate II. 234 is a Ren amulet, and bears this queens favourite name, Makara 1 T neter nefer, good or beautiful: Qd ^ UJ, MAAT KA RA. The goddess of truth, Maat, she seems-to have regarded as her patron saint and taken her namefrom. This scarab is well engraved, has its ancient greencolour, and bears on the back the sacred eye Uzatycarved in bold relief. 217 contains signs intended for Queen Hatasus prenomen /www / nv^ v Well cut, but colour gone. 437 bears Makaras fuller titles, O^LjQ^^1 \ *^x~ 44 Mry V J I MMAA I 1 Amen Ra. MAAT KA RA, beloved of Amen, beautifullycut, but has lost its green colour. a r\ ,111111^ .376. Another well-cut scarab of the great queen, O yU)(l *s--9> Maat Ka Ra tyt n Amen, Truth the Ka of Ra, Symbol ofAmen, with its original green QUEEN HATASUS OBELISKS, KARNAK. Plate II.] SCARABS OF THE EARLY NEW KINGDOM. 51 404 is however the best of this ladys, good enough to have beenher own signet. It is a beautiful blue-green colour, iswell cut, and as fresh as when made. It bears simply ( G |5 U I, Ra ? ma ? ka, or Ma ? ka ? ra, her favourite name. The little figure of truth bears the signific feather on her head. The beetles form is good, and the legs are pierced through. This interesting example of a great royal princess ruled with Thothmes II for thirteen years, and with Thothmes III for upwards of twenty years. She spent her time in peaceful cultivation of the arts and commerce. THOTHMES III. When Queen Hatasu left the scene,THOTHMES III (1502-1449 ), thegreatest of Egyptian conquerors, carriedEgypts sway into Asia and Europe, andthen built great temples all over Egypt,erecting obelisks nearly equal to of London, New York, Rome,Constantinople, are of his work. He leftmore traces of his great
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