“A Beautiful Life for Amun”

410, Lot: 993. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Steatite scarab. Egypt, New Kingdom, 1550-1077 BC. Scarab with simple details and piercing for suspension. Face inscribed amn nfr anx, or “a beautiful life for Amun” (14x10mm). Some cracks and a few miniscule chips.

Ex Christie’s London ‘Fine Antiquities’ (10 July 1991), lot 85 (part of).