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Ancient Egyptian scarabs and cylinder seals : the Timins collection
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The seals collected by Captain Timins of Cairo are here catalogued, reproduced and described by Percy Newberry to make an attractive and useful book. The original collector chose on the basis of hi...
The seals collected by Captain Timins of Cairo are here catalogued, reproduced and described by Percy Newberry to make an attractive and useful book. The original collector chose on the basis of historic, as well as artistic merit, to form his choice. The provenance of the seals is mostly from the Eastern Delta and Upper Egypt.
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- Creator
- Percy Newberry
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Abingdon [England] : Routledge, 2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (107 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781136202384, 1136202382, 9780203040331, 0203040333, 9781283839389, 1283839385, 9781136202315, 1136202315, 1138963496, 0710309449
- OCLC
- ocn819635922, ocn900235364, ocn823739393
- "First published in 2003 by Kegan Paul International."--T.p. verso.
- English
- Cover; ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCARABS CYLINDER AND SEALS: THE TIMINS COLLECTION; Copyright; Introductory Note; Content; PLATE I; 1. Cylinder seal bearing the personal name AN and the sign Neith. Black Steatite. Pre-dynastic Period to Second Dynasty; 2. Cylinder seal bearing the personal name PE-HE-KA. Black Steatite. Pre-dynastic Period to Second Dynasty; 3. Cylinder seal bearing the personal name SHESH and the title hen Neith, ""Priest of Neith."" Black Steatite. Pre-dynastic Period to Second Dynasty
- 4. Cylinder seal bearing the personal name ANU. Green Steatite. Pre-dynastic Period to Second Dynasty5. Cylinder seal bearing the name of KHA-EF-RA and the legend ""beloved of the Gods."" Hard brown stone. 4th Dynasty; 6. Cylinder seal bearing the name of NEFER-AR-KA-RA, the ""Good God, Priest of Hather, beloved of the Gods."" Black Steatite. 5th Dynasty; 7. Cylinder seal bearing the name of SEN -USRET. Pale blue-green glazed Steatite. 12th Dynasty; 8. Cylinder seal bearing the prenomen and nomen of AMENEMHAT II. Brown-green glazed Steatite. 12th Dynasty
- 9. Cylinder seal bearing the prenomen of AMENEMHAT II and the name of a ""Royal Daughter, who is joined to the Beautiful White Crown, NEB-EN."" Blue-green glazed Steatite. 12th Dynasty10. Cylinder seal bearing the prenomen of SEN-USRET III. Green glazed Steatite. 12th Dynasty; 11. Cylinder seal bearing the prenomen of AMENEMHAT III, ""beloved of Khenty-khety."" Green glazed Steatite. 12th Dynasty; 12. Cylinder seal bearing the prenomen of AMENEMHAT III. Blue glazed Steatite with stains of metal mounting at both ends. 12th Dynasty
- 13. Cylinder seal bearing the Golden Horus tide of an unknown King. The title reads :-SE-KHA-EN-PTAH. Blue glazed Steatite. 12th Dynasty14. Cylinder seal bearing the name of the ""Good God, SEKHEM-KHU-TAUI-RA, beloved of Sebek, Lord of Sunu."" Green glazed Steatite. 13th Dynasty; 15. Cylinder seal with incised cross lines. Green glazed Steatite. 18th Dynasty; PLATE II; 16. Cylinder seal with coil pattern and columns of hieroglyphic signs. Green glazed Steatite. Hyksos Period; 17. Cylinder seal with figures of men, a bird, and hieroglyphic signs. Black Steatite. Hyksos Period
- 18. Cylinder seal bearing the name of the ""Hereditary Chieftainess, Great of favours, AAHMES - NEFRET-ARI."" Blue (turned whitish) glazed Steatite. Early 18th Dynasty19. Cylinder seal bearing the name of the ""Royal Daughter, the Divine Wife, the Royal Sister, NEFRET-ARI."" Blue(turned whitish) glazed Steatite. Early 18th Dynasty; 20. Stamp-shaped seal with cow and calf on top, and device of an ankh-sign between two hawks above a lion couchant, on base. Steatite. 6th to 11th Dynasty. (cf. No. 24.)
- 21. Cylinder seal bearing the prenomen of THOTMES III, with a figure of Ptah, a scorpion and two cobras. Dull green glazed Steatite. Middle 18th Dynasty