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Well defined scarab (head and clypeus represented, two lateral incisions indicating the prothorax, legs also depicted).  The flat surface is engraved with the title, well-known during the Middle Kingdom, of the scribe Redi-Ptah.

Scarabée bien dessiné (tête et clypeus représentés, deux incisions latérales pour marquer le prothorax, patte figurée). Le plat est gravé d'un titre, bien connu au Moyen Empire, du scribe Radi-Ptah.

Well defined scarab (head and clypeus represented, two lateral incisions indicating the prothorax, legs also depicted).  The flat surface is engraved with the title, well-known during the Middle Kingdom, of the scribe Redi-Ptah.

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rdi-ptH

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Hieroglyphs M23-Y3-N35-F36-M17-M17-X1-D21:D37-Q3:X1-V28-V30-F39-!
Transliteration sS nsw n smAyt Rdi-PtH nb imAx
Translation The royal scribe of the archives, Redi-Ptah, lord of reverence. Le scribe royal des archives, Radi-Ptah, maître de vénération. The royal scribe of the archives, Redi-Ptah, lord of reverence.

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Vila André, "La nécropole du plateau occidental (MX)", dans J. Vercoutter, Mirgissa II, Paris, 1975, p. 89, fig. 26, 78-3.

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Lieu de découverte: 
Numéro de fouille: MX, T.78-2.

Material: 
Pâte émaillée bleu-vert, l'émail ne subsiste que dans le creux.

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