Steatite Stone Scarab - circa 1800-1600 BC
Windycity
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I could use the help of experts on this. I am a US coin and currency collector/dealer but lack knowledge in ancients. I came upon this item in a larger collection I purchased a while back. It come with small paper from the original auction and describes the item as follows - "Steatite Stone Scarab - Dating of the Hyksos period, the period about 1800-1600 BC. Made of sand color stone and well preserved, and has early period engraved hieroglyphic writings for good luck on the underside. Length about 3/4 of an inch. Suitable from mounting into a ring." This item is part of a small ancient collection that I believe the collector purchased in an auction in the 1960's.
Any help and understanding of importance or lack thereof is appreciated.
Any help and understanding of importance or lack thereof is appreciated.
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If real, that looks like a nice one. I see no reason why it should not be what the description says it is.
Here is a VCoins search with "scarab" keyword, for comparison's sake.
*** PS- you might also consider posting it here.
There are a lot of experts on that site. (If you don't feel like registering to post your scarab, I can do so on your behalf and you can watch the thread.) Be sure to read the "sticky" post at the top of that forum. I only skimmed it, but it looks like there is a lot of good information there.
Edit- eew. Mine was the first post there since January 7th, it looks like. So it's not a completely sealed tomb, but it's definitely Sleepytown there. Ah, well. You never know. Somebody might still be watching. And if you're really hot to pin this sucker down in a hurry, you can browse around there and on VCoins, I guess.
It seems the information you had on it was correct.