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

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objects of the toilet.

1009. Scarabseus, X&per; plain elytra; on the base, in intaglio, Ra men
yeper, prenomen of Thothmes III., king of the 18th dynasty, arranged vertically,
twice repeated, and standing figure of the monarch above the Hut, the Horus
of Edfu, Apollinopolis magna, or winged Sun, and two symbols fw~| nub, or
gold : pierced, § in. long. White glazed steatite.

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1010. Scarabaaus, yeper, plain elytra; on the base, in intaglio, e

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Ra

men yeper and Ra men ha, union of the prenomen of Thothmes III., of the
18th dynasty, and an earlier monarch, Menkara, or Mencheres ; fine work: pierced.
■§ in. long. Green glazed steatite.

1011. Scaraboeus, yeper; on the base, in intaglio, Ra men ^epee, Ra y_eper
Ka, union of the prenomen of Thothmes III., of the 18th, and Usertesen I., of
the 12th dynasty, arranged vertically, as before. Thothmes III. was particularly
anxious to preserve the memorials of Usertesen I., as evinced by his construc-
tion at Samneh to that monarch, who was there worshipped as the god Tat-un,
or the form of Tat or Osiris. The U found in the Royal names at the com-
mencement of the 18th dynasty also appears in those of the 12th, although
the direct connection of the two dynasties is not known : very fine work. \ in.
long. Blue glazed steatite.

1012. Scarabaeus, yeper, plain elytra; on the base, in intaglio,

Ra men yeper en ha neb, "Ra men y_eper, the lord," prenomen of Thothmes III.,
of the 18th dynasty, arranged vertically in two lines : pierced. § in. long.
Gray glazed steatite. Of uncertain authenticity.

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1013. Scarabaeus, yeper, plain elytra; on the base, in intaglio, © "

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Ra men yeper, Ra men ma satp en Ra, the combination of the prenomen
of Thothmes III., king of the 18th dynasty, and of Seti I., king of the 19th
dynasty: pierced, fin. long. Dull-white glazed steatite.

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arranged

1014. Duck, ru, plain elytra; on the base, in intaglio,

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in two vertical lines, Ra men yeper hat, prenomen of Thothmes III., king of
the 18th dynasty: pierced, f in. long. Greenish-yellow glazed steatite.

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