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Scarab of Thutmose IV   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Egypt)Unknown author
Title
Scarab of Thutmose IV
Description
English: This amulet should secure the everlasting stability and royal authority for Thutmose IV, whose throne name is in the cartouche, and provide a private owner with his royal patronage. One can speculate that scarabs with a royal name and this epithet were distributed during the foundation rituals of temples or monuments.
Date between 1397 and 1388 BC
date QS:P571,-1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,-1397-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,-1388-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
(New Kingdom of Egypt
era QS:P2348,Q180568
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Medium brown steatite with blue-green glaze
Dimensions height: 1.7 cm (0.6 in); width: 1.2 cm (0.4 in); depth: 0.7 cm (0.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,1.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,1.2U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,0.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
42.72
Place of creation Egypt
Object history
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Inscriptions [Translation] Throne name of King Thutmose IV in a cartouche combined with a wish formula: Men-kheperu-Re, / (whose) monuments are everlasting.
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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current04:16, 25 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 04:16, 25 March 2012900 × 413 (64 KB)File Upload Bot (Kaldari) (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Egyptian |title = ''Scarab of Thutmose IV'' |description = {{en|This amulet should secure the everlasting stability and royal authority for Thutmose IV, whose thro...