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Title: The sacred beetle: a popular treatise on Egyptian scarabs in art and history
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Ward, John, 1832-1912 Griffith, F. Ll. (Francis Llewellyn), 1862-1934
Subjects: Scarabs Egypt -- Antiquities
Publisher: London, J. Murray
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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O i Sa • ra neter nefer neb, Son of the Sun, the good Lord God! It is possible that this seal was the sign-manual of the govern-ment of the Fayum Province. These two kings were buried therein the pyramids built in their lifetime to commemorate their greatirrigation and drainage works, which had given another province toEgypt. The Fayum is to this day one of the best paying districtsof Egypt, and under Major R. H. Browns administration hasalmost regained its ancient prosperity. Plate XVI.) CYLINDERS OF VARIOUS PERIODS. 117 513. Another unique cylinder, USERTESEN III, XIIth Dynasty,(2660-2622 B.C.). Above, it has almost the same inscription as on the last cylinder—<3\ O 1 T / ^Z7 Son of the Sun, good Lord but below it displays the two cartouches of USERTESEN III—viz., foQUUUl KhaKau Ra, and the second royal cartouche M j;USERTESEN. <0 /VWW\ ~1 VSAA J\
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usertesen III. Pectoral of Gold and Precious Stones.Found at Dahshur. Another thousand years, and we find two cylinders of theXVIIIth Dynasty.231. AMENHOTEP I, XVIIIth Dynasty (1562-1541 B.C.), the inscription being P^ll Nub Neferui uas, Thebeautiful golden sceptre—and the kings prenomen zeser. Ka ■ Ra ( 0 \ I) U 1 Sacred is the Ka of Ra; with u^ added. This is a beautiful blue seal, well cut. 373 is another cylinder of AMENHOTEP I, with the samecartouche, and the inscription repeated, with 1 and ursei.It is beautifully cut, but does not give a sharp impression,as the engraving is filled up with blue enamel or paint. nS THE SACRED BEETLE. (Plate XVI. 297 is a cylinder of f t) £^J f \\ J Ankh • s • en • Amen, wife of Tut • ankh Amen, XVIIIth Dynasty. She was daughterof Amenhotep IV, who nearly destroyed Egypt by hisattempt to force a new and purer religion on the old country.Then follow three cylinders whose dates have not been ascer-tained yet. 349. Figures of urreus, and

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