scarab, Amonre, The remarkably well preserved and conspicuously large seal has the form of a schematically represented beetle. The clypeus, head, pronotum and elytra are distinguished from each other by notched lines. A double groove runs around the object. In the oval seal plane the goddess name Amon-Re is carved within a framing groove and is bounded above and below by a neb sign. The god name is spelled with a Maat feather instead of a reed leaf for the letter i. This is common in cryptography. The object is perforated lengthwise, seal, scarab, green glazed steatite, 2 × × cm, Egypt
scarab, Amonre, The remarkably well preserved and conspicuously large seal has the form of a schematically represented beetle. The clypeus, head, pronotum and elytra are distinguished from each other by notched lines. A double groove runs around the object. In the oval seal plane the goddess name Amon-Re is carved within a framing groove and is bounded above and below by a neb sign. The god name is spelled with a Maat feather instead of a reed leaf for the letter i. This is common in cryptography. The object is perforated lengthwise, seal, scarab, green glazed steatite, 2 × × cm, Egypt
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