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ANCIENT EGYPT. NEW KINGDOM HUGE CARNELIAN SCARAB. 1250 B.C

Carnelian scarab with the bee of the King of Lower Egypt over a gold or nebu sign, flanked by nefer-signs representing “goodness”.

SUCH SCARABS ARE CALLED HEART SCARABS, NO SUSPENSION HOLES. BOUGHT RECENTLY SIMILAR ONES BUT SET IN A SILVER PENDANT WITH SUSPENSION LOOP, THIS EXPLAINS WHY THIS HAS NO HOLES, AS IT WAS MADE TO BE SET IN SILVER PENDANTS.

CHECKED & ATTRIBUTED BY A KNOWN EXPERT, MUSEUM CURATOR AND PHD HOLDER IN ARCHAEOLOGY IN GERMANY

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