Egyptian Faience Block Bead of Thutmose III. New... Lot 29
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Egyptian Faience Block Bead of Thutmose III. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1504-1452 B.C. With impressed hieroglyphs on all four faces, two sides giving the throne name of Thutmose III (Men-kheper-Re), the others mentioning the god Amun. Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Scarabs and Cylinders with Names, London, 1917, pl. XXVII, no.57, for a similar block bead. 1.1 grams, 12 mm (1/2 in.).
From the old collection of Emile Bouillon Bey, c. 1880. Ex Gaston Maspero archaeological fund. Property of a French collector.
Thutmose III was a renowned warrior king widely revered even centuries after his reign.
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