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This scarab (white steatite 1.4 cm) was found in Israel. The inscription reads: nesut bjt (King of upper and lower Egypt) In the cartouche: Se Hetep Ab Ra, throne name of Amenemhet I, the first king of the 12th Dyn. (Middle Kingdom) Below the cartouche: Amun and Ptah. The new god Amun is depicted here beside the old creator god Ptah. Petrie knows several scarabs of this type ("feathered legs") See picture with a scarab in Petrie 1917, depicting the name of Usertsen I. References: unpublished ?
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A Middle Kingdom scarab from Israel (steatite 1.7 cm) See parallels in Petrie 1917, depicting private names.
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A big Middle Kingdom scarab from Israel (steatite 2.1 cm), a single line thread, a nefer sign between two red crowns flanked by two ankh signs. See the scarab from Tell el-Dab'a in Bietak 2002 depicting a similar inscription. C. Mlinar dates it to the 13th Dyn.
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Two amethyst scarabs from Israel (1.4 cm and 1.6 cm) Those scarabs are typical Middle Kingdom. See parallel from Megiddo dating to Middle Bronze Age II.
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