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

150 OBJECTS OF THE TOILET.

1110. Scarabseus, xePer> plain elytra; on the base, in intaglio, Q | ^ arranged
vertically, Ra neter hetp hat, or ab, apparently a royal prenomen of a monarch
whose name does not appear in the lists or in a cartouche: pierced,
long. Reddish-green glazed steatite.

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apparently

1111. Scarabseus, xePer > on ^he base, in intaglio, □
Ra. pes en ha neb t, " The Sun, extender of all beginning." This phrase
resembles a prenomen, but such is not known nor has been elsewhere found,
f in. long. Violet glazed steatite.

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1112. Scarabseus, xGPer> plain elytra; on the base, in intaglio, Rd

men ta ta, resembling the prenomen of a monarch whose position in the series
has not been determined: pierced. § in. long. White glazed steatite.

1113. Scarabseus, xePer > on the base, in intaglio, n 0 Ra ma ru, re-
sembling a prenomen; very fine work: pierced. J in. long. Green glazed
steatite.

1114. Scarabseus, xePer> plain elytra; on the base, in intaglio, Ra
neb xe^> resembling the prenomen of a king whose position in the series is
not determined1: pierced. § in. long. Green glazed steatite.

1115. Scarabseus, xePer> plam elytra; on the base, in intaglio, ^ J ^ Rd
neb nefer, either title of the Sun, or royal prenomen, and another symbol;
uncertain : pierced. § in. long. Green glazed steatite.

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1116. Scarabseus, x€Per> plain elytra; on the base, in intaglio, J Ra nefer,

"The good Sun," either the name and titles of the god Ka, or a royal title,
found on early scarabsei. f in. long. Pale gray steatite.

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1117. Scarabseus, xePer > on tne ^ase, in intaglio> © neb XePer> eitner
the name of Xeper, the Self-produced, type or form of the Sun, or else the phrase
"Existence," "Type," et cet. The meaning of single hieroglyphs on these little
amulets is often very obscure. \ in. long. White glazed steatite.

1 Lepsius, Konigsbuch, Taf. Lxix. 868 a.

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