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Scarab inscribed with the titles of Hatchepsut
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: 18
Reign: Hatchepsut
Date: ca. 1479 to 1458 BC.
Medium: Amethyst
Dimensions:
Provenance: Noonan Auction
Reading of the inscription:
nswt dsrt nbt ts ts - Nisut desheret nebet teshu
The second picture shows in section 1: (ni) swt dsrt - He/she belonging to the sedge plant (of Upper Egypt) and the red crown (of Lower Egypt)
Section 2 :neb-et - the Lady
Section 3: tsts (teshu or tawy) of the two lands or all lands.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Object Number: 27.3.289) has a steatite scarab with the same inscription, which they also attribute to Hatshepsut.
Source : https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection...
Collection : Antiquities - Scarabs