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Well-fashioned scarab found near the arms of an adult. Anatomical details are succinct: head and clypeus, jagged legs. The flat surface bears a design common during the Middle Kingdom: the signs Nefer-Re ("Re is perfect") surrounded by a flat spiral.

Scarabée bien façonné découvert à proximité des bras d'un adulte. Les détails anatomiques sont sommaires: tête et clypeus, pattes dentelées ou hachurées. Le plat porte un décor fréquent au Moyen Empire: les signes Nefer-Rê ("Rê est parfait") entourés d'une spirale plate.

Well-fashioned scarab found near the arms of an adult. Anatomical details are succinct: head and clypeus, jagged legs. The flat surface bears a design common during the Middle Kingdom: the signs Nefer-Re ("Re is perfect") surrounded by a flat spiral.

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Transliteration nfr-ra.
Translation Re is perfect Rê est parfait. Re is perfect

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Gratien Brigitte, Saï I, Paris, 1986, p. 136, fig. 128 b.

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Lieu de découverte: 
Numéro de fouille: SKC 4-4-8; S. 1018.

Material: 
Pâte émaillée. L'émail, bleu turquoise, a presque entièrement disparu et n'est conservé que sur les côtés et la tête.

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