A Royal Egyptian Steatite Scarab, 25th Dynasty, ca. 747 - 656 BCE Jewelry - Necklaces In addition

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Ahura Mazdā gave Gayomard the boon of sleep for respite from the onslaught of Ahriman

Margaret married Pegleg Jampijinpa

Provenance: Ambassador Allen Clayton Davis (1927 - ) private collection

This exceptional gold medallion is crafted from 24K sheet gold and meticulously hammered in the repoussé technique to depict a frontal female head

A Royal Egyptian Steatite Scarab, 25th Dynasty, ca. 747 - 656 BCE Jewelry - Necklaces In additioncarved from steatite, with naturalistically rendered legs, pierced horizontally for suspension. Functioning as an amulet, the base is finely inscribed Men Kheper Ra Khmeny. Men Kheper Ra Khmeny was a vassal king of the 25th Dynasty, and all evidence indicates that he ruled in Upper Egypt at Hermopolis. He appears with full royal titles on a plaque in the British Museum. For a related example, see Petrie, Scarabs and Cylinders, pl. LIII, no. 25c 7.