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Anra scarabs are scarab seals dating to the Second Intermediate Period found in the Levant, Egypt and Nubia. [1] Anra scarabs are identified by an undeciphered and variable sequence of Egyptian hieroglyphs on the base of the scarab which always include the symbols a , n and r . [ 2 ]
Scarabs with the throne names of Thutmose III and Hatshepsut, MET. Scarabs have also been found in vast numbers bearing the throne name of the New Kingdom King Thutmose III (1504–1450 BC) Men Kheper Re. Many of these scarabs date from the long and successful reign of this warrior pharaoh or shortly thereafter, but the majority do not.
Scarabs are stout-bodied beetles, many with bright metallic colours, measuring between 1.5 and 160 millimetres (0.059 and 6.3 in). They have distinctive, clubbed antennae composed of plates called lamellae that can be compressed into a ball or fanned out like leaves to sense odours. Many species are fossorial, with legs adapted for digging.
Articles relating to scarabs, popular amulets and impression seals in ancient Egypt. They survive in large numbers and, through their inscriptions and typology, they are an important source of information for archaeologists and historians of the ancient world. They also represent a significant body of ancient art.
Scarabs. Yaqub-Har is attested by no less than 27 scarab seals. Three are from Canaan, four from Egypt, one from Nubia and the remaining 19 are of unknown provenance. [2] The wide geographic repartition of these scarabs indicate the existence of trade relations among the Nile Delta, Canaan, and Nubia during the Second Intermediate Period. [2]
For example, during the New Kingdom, heart scarabs were large, typically between four and five centimeters long. [2] Then, in the Third Intermediate Period, a new variation of the heart scarab emerged. This new scarab was much smaller, at about two to four centimeters long. [2] Due to their smaller size, these heart scarabs were not engraved.
The temple finds included Egyptian scarabs. [25] The House of Puzurum, where a large and important archive of Khana Period tablets, mostly contracts for purchases of land and houses in the Terqa area, were found. [26] The location produced a number of sealing (on tablets, tags, and bullae). Many of the tablets are dated to the time of ruler ...
E. Lake Scarabs (construction of an artificial lake for Queen Tiye, regnal year 11) F. Forgeries LS Lost Scarabs (scarabs that have been documented, but are now lost) In 1976 and 1977 Blankenberg-Van Delden published additional scarabs; she transferred her materials gathered thereafter to R.J. Demarée who published them in 2011.