古埃及 Senebsumai 的圣甲虫 - 稀有

Ancient Egyptian Scarab for Senebsumai

This is a rare private name scarab for Senebsumai. The scarab is inscribed with a personal name and titles:
„King’s Sealbearer, Sole Companion, Treasurer Senebsumai“
As treasurer, Senebsumai would have been among the highest officials in the land. He also held ranking titles like Royal Sealer and Sole Companion. An important colleague of treasurer Senebsumai was the high steward Ameny.
Senebsumai is known from a remarkable series of monuments, the preservation of which makes him the best attested Egyptian official of the 13th dynasty.

This scarab is inscribed with a rare variant, see:
- Martin, Geoffrey Thorndike, Egyptian Administrative and Private Name Seals, cat no. 534, 535 (pl.21. 9 and 10)

For other common variants of Senebsumai scarabs, see:
- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Scarabs and Cylinders with Names, pl.XVII.13 .B.R
- Petrie Museum, Accession Number: UC11484
- Martin, Geoffrey Thorndike, Egyptian Administrative and Private Name Seals, pl.21 no. 13, 14 and 15; pl.36, no 12 and 13
- The British Museum, Museum Number: EA30526, EA40730
- The Metropolitan Museum, Accession Number: 15.3.77

Date: Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 13. Dynasty, ca. 1700 B.C.
Material: Steatite
Size: ca. 2,15 cm
Condition: minuscule chipped
Provenance: Danish art trade. Prior to that ex collection of the well-known Egyptologist Prof. Hermann A. Schlögl (*1932, †2023), formed between 1970-2016

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