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Lovely little scarab found under the right shoulder of the deceased in one of the richest tombs of the Kerma cemetery of Mirgissa/Iken. Only a few anatomical details are represented: the head, the clypeus and the legs. The prothorax is indicated by two lateral incisions and the back bears two hatched diagonal lines. The flat surface is inscribed with Nebukheperre, the name of king Antef V, the first pharaoh of the 17th Dynasty, surrounded by a pattern of concentric circles. The scarab is set in a silver frame, whose contour is carved with a braided motif, which could have been mounted on to a signet ring.

Lovely little scarab found under the right shoulder of the deceased in one of the richest tombs of the Kerma cemetery of Mirgissa/Iken. Only a few anatomical details are represented: the head, the clypeus and the legs. The prothorax is indicated by two lateral incisions and the back bears two hatched diagonal lines. The flat surface is inscribed with Nebukheperre, the name of king Antef V, the first pharaoh of the 17th Dynasty, surrounded by a pattern of concentric circles. The scarab is set in a silver frame, whose contour is carved with a braided motif, which could have been mounted on to a signet ring.

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Traduction Neboukheperrê (Intef V). Nebukheperre (Antef V) Nebukheperre (Antef V)

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