Item: Scarab with prenomen for Amenhotep II.
Culture: Egyptian.
Dating: New Kingdom, XVIII Dynasty, 1443 – 1417 B.C.
Material: Steatite.
Dimensions: 15 mm x 11 mm.
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Item: Scarab with prenomen for Amenhotep II
Material: Steatite
Culture: Egyptian
Period: New Kingdom, XVIII Dynasty, 1443 – 1417 B.C
Dimensions: 15 mm x 11 mm
Condition: Good condition
In ancient Egypt, material culture often combines function, symbolism and status. Adornment, amulets and funerary pieces play a central role in religious practices and social representation.
Attribution: Egyptian. Dating indicated: New Kingdom, XVIII Dynasty, 1443 – 1417 B.C.
Preserved as a comparison anchor within the Antikarts corpus.
Primary value lies in typology, stated dating and the associated traceability trail.
Provenance (summary): Ex American egyptologist collection, active in the early part of the 20th century, brought to the US with the family in 1954. Amenhotep II, the seventh pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt.
Record preserved in the Antikarts Museum as a documentary reference.
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