39 - GLAZED SOAPSTONE SCARAB WITH THE NAME OF SOBEKHOTEP

GLAZED SOAPSTONE SCARAB WITH THE NAME OF SOBEKHOTEP Glazed soapstone L. 1.4 cm Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 13th Dynasty, ca. 1800–1650 B.C. An oval-shaped scarab made of steatite; the glaze has almost entirely worn away, with a few dark blue-green traces remaining in the recesses. The flat surface is engraved with hieroglyphic signs, which, according to the old label, read as the name of Sobekhotep (?). It is sewn with red thread onto an old dealer’s card bearing a red wax seal with a monogram and a typewritten label. Provenance Albert Eid Co., Cairo (active until 1950), with its dealer’s card, a red wax seal bearing the monogram AE, and a typewritten attribution: “Scarab No. 201–250, 13th Dynasty, Sebek Hotep I” A glazed steatite scarab inscribed for Sobekhotep (?) Oval steatite scarab, the glaze almost entirely lost, with some dark blue-green traces remaining in the recesses. The flat base is engraved with hieroglyphic signs, which, according to the old label, read as the name of Sobekhotep (?). It is sewn with red thread onto an old dealer’s card bearing a red wax seal with a monogram and a typewritten label. The entire piece is presented in a jeweler’s case.