Scarab with Cartouches

Scarab with Cartouches

Scarab, terracotta/faience, modern. Large, green grey surface over a pale buff core, visible on reverse. Surface somewhat mottled. Not pierced. Reverse has 4x cartouches forming two royal names: Thutmose III and Ramses II. Famous pharoahs are frequently used on the reverse of this kind of large souvenir scarab produced for the tourist market and often sold as authentic to unsuspecting buyers. Accompanied by a tissue withe explanatory text (L.16.029 B)

AD 1916

Height: 49 mm
Width: 57 mm
Depth: 24 mm
Weight: 53 g

C.001.025

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Acquired by Corporal John Walter Sinclair, Egypt, 1916

A Brisbane Private Collection

P.001

C.001.026

Mr James Donaldson