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

SCARABiEI and amulet beads. 149

en da, " Lord of the Palace," or Pharaoh. At a later time the Sphinx re-
places the basket in the sense of lord, as in the name of Nectanebo, but this
little scarabseus is probably as old as the 19th dynasty: pierced. § in. long.
Light green glazed steatite.

1103. Scarabaeus, xePer»' on the base, in intaglio, a j Neb Hes;} the

Sphinx, and name of the goddess Isis, combined. ^ in. long. White glazed
steatite.

1104. Scarabseus, ye-per, plain elytra; on the base, in intaglio, Sphinx,
emblem of a monarch, bearded, and couchant, wearing a disk and two tall
plumes on his head; before the Sphinx is a seated figure of Ma, or Truth,
wearing a feather on the head, and holding an emblem of life in the hands,
behind, a winged uraeus: pierced, § in. long. White glazed steatite.

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1105. Scarabseus, xePer> plain elytra; on the base, in intaglio, hent

neb qema xe^> " (His) majesty, the lord of the place of the upper and lower
country; apparently a pharaonic title. In this . inscription the word lord is
expressed by the male Sphinx, which appears often on the scarabcei of the 18th

and following dynasty : pierced, -j- in. long. White glazed steatite.

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1106. Scarabaeus, xePer'> on tne base, in intaglio, Rd neb sam ma,

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disk of the Sun, sphinx, two feathers of Truth, and emblem, sam, or " union,"
sense unknown : pierced, § in. long. White glazed steatite.

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1107. Scarabseus, xePer> plain elytra; on the base, in intaglio, Rd

neb labu, or disk of the Sun, lion, and symbol neb, or "lord." £ in. long.
Pale green glazed steatite.

1108. Scarabaeus, xePer> P^am elytra; Rd nefer mau sa rd, "The
good Sun son of the Sun:" pierced, •§ in. long. Pale white steatite.

1109. Cowroid; on the base, in intaglio, j| ^ ^ Pa neb sebex hut

tes'er, " Sun, lord of diadems, and the pylon;" uncertain and obscure : pierced.
| in. long. White glazed steatite.