Scarab, Soapstone
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Mar 1964
name: label: Collector
content: Miss Julia B. Whiting
label: Donor Name
content: Miss Julia B. Whiting
notes: label: Notes
content: Features cartouche of Thutmose III, but probably was not made during his lifetime. This one might simply be invoking the name of a past pharaoh as an intercessor with gods or for protective or amuletic reasons, but the additional signs on each side of the cartouche [which could be interpreted simply as 2 feathers of Ma'at] can also amplify the meaning. Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan interprets cartouche in center reads Menkeheperra (prenomen of Thutmose III). Feathers flanking cartouche could be cryptographic reading for "lord" and "scimitar", so whole could read: "Menkheperra, lord of the scimitar, beloved of Amun-Re." Perhaps relates to another Menkeheperra, who was High Priest of Amun, late in the New Kingdom, Dynasty 21.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Jun 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 253208
label: USNM Number
content: A440241-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scarab