Scarab with a trapezoidal head and clypeus, eyes in relief, a rounded thorax separated from the elytra by an incised line; the elytra feature a V-shaped incision. The legs are in relief. On the flat base are eight lines of text, separated by incised lines. The scarab is pierced lengthwise.
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MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE
Long live Horus, the mighty bull who rises in truth. The Two Ladies, who establish the law and pacify the two countries, the Golden Horus who is great of strength, the vanquisher of the Asiatics, the king of Upper and Lower Egypt Neb-maat-ra,Son of Ra, Amenhotep, prince of Thebes, living. The royal bride Ty, that she may live. One hundred lions killed by His Majesty in his hunts from the year 1 to the year 10; fearsome lions: 102
Bibliography
Documenti inediti per servire alla storia dei musei d'Italia, Firenze-Roma, 1880, n. 357.
G.Botti, Scarabeo commemorativo della caccia ai leoni del Faraone Amenofi III del Museo Egizio di Firenze, Colombaria XVIII, 1952, pgg. 93-96, tav. I.
C.Blankenberg-Van Delden, The large Commemorative Scarabs of Amenhotep III, Leiden, 1969, pgg. 96-97, 58, pl. XX.
Milani, Museo Archeologico di Firenze, I, Firenze, 1912, pg. 113.
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