Birch, Samuel [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of the collection of Egyptian antiquities at Alnwick Castle (London, 1880)

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OBJECTS OF THE TOILET.

967. Scarabseus, xePer> P^am elytra; on the base, in intaglio, Ra men
xeper, prenomen of Thothmes III., king of the 18th dynasty, in a vertical
cartouche, having below the cartouche, ^ j| anx tat, a symbol of life and
stability united, between two ursei, fl obelisk, emblem of the god Amen,
and crown ^ tes'er, emblem of the lower country: pierced, f in. long. White
glazed steatite.

968. Scarabseus, xePer> P^am elytra '> on the base, in intaglio, Ra men
Xeper, prenomen of Thothmes III., king of the 18th dynasty, in a horizontal

cartouche, and I a sistrum, with head of Athor, cow-eared, surmounted by a

pylon, and litui placed between the two symbolic or solar eyes jr^f* ^5 ut'a, and

two ursei serpents on the symbol nub, or gold (%^\ : pierced, § in. long.

Bluish-ivhite glazed steatite.

969. Scarabseus, xePer> plain elytra; on the base, in intaglio, Men xePer>

prenomen of Thothmes III., of the 18th dynasty, and two ursei serpents and

two feathers, emblems of Truth, ma: pierced. |- in. long. Yellowish-white
glazed steatite.

970. Scarabseus, xePer> plain elytra ; on the base, in intaglio, Thothmes III.,
of the 18th dynasty, seated on a throne, holding a crook before him, Ra
men xEPER> his prenomen, in a vertical cartouche: pierced. 1 in. long. White
glazed steatite.

971. Oval, convex ; on one side, in intaglio, Ra men xePer> prenomen of
Thothmes III., king of the 18th dynasty, in a cartouche, above two crowns

of Lower Egypt 1/ tes'er, facing outwards, and symbol of country ©, on each

Ra men ma, prenomen of Sethos I.,

side an urseus. On the reverse

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of the 19th dynasty, repeated, and vulture flying, with expanded wings, holding
in each claw a signet, emblem of the goddess Nishem or Neyeb, the Egyptian
Nike; above the cartouche <c37 neb, inverted : pierced. 1 in. long. Green
glazed steatite.

972. Scarabseus, xePer> plain elytra ; on the base, in intaglio, Ra men xePer>
prenomen of Thothmes III., king of the 18th dynasty, in a vertical cartouche,
having above a winged disk, and at the sides the urseus, wearing the upper

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