Scarabs: An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian Seals and Signet Rings

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Percy E. Newberry

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.

LIST OF PLATES.

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF EGYPTIAN SEALS.

THE VARIETIES OF EGYPTIAN SEALS.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.

PLATE I. SOME ROYAL SIGNET-RINGS.

PLATE II.

PLATE III. PRE-DYNASTIC CYLINDER SEALS.

PLATE IV. IMPRESSIONS OF EARLY CYLINDER-SEALS. [123]

PLATE V. CYLINDER-SEALS OF THE FOURTH TO SIXTH DYNASTIES.

PLATE VI. CYLINDER-SEALS OF THE TWELFTH DYNASTY.

PLATE VII. CYLINDER-SEALS OF THE TWELFTH TO SEVENTEENTH DYNASTIES.

PLATE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS CYLINDER-SEALS.

PLATE IX. SCARABS BEARING ROYAL NAMES: FOURTH TO TWELFTH DYNASTIES.

PLATE X. SCARABS OF THE KINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH DYNASTIES.

PLATE XI. SCARABS OF OFFICIALS OF THE TWELFTH TO FOURTEENTH DYNASTIES.

PLATE XII. SCARABS OF OFFICIALS OF THE TWELFTH TO FOURTEENTH DYNASTIES continued .

PLATE XIII. SCARABS OF OFFICIALS OF THE TWELFTH TO FOURTEENTH DYNASTIES continued .

PLATE XIV. SCARABS OF OFFICIALS OF THE TWELFTH TO FOURTEENTH DYNASTIES continued .

PLATE XV. SCARABS OF OFFICIALS OF THE TWELFTH TO FOURTEENTH DYNASTIES continued .

PLATE XVI. SCARABS OF OFFICIALS OF THE TWELFTH TO FOURTEENTH DYNASTIES continued .

PLATE XVII. SCARABS OF OFFICIALS OF THE TWELFTH TO THE FOURTEENTH DYNASTIES continued .

PLATE XVIII. DECORATIVE SCARABS: TWELFTH TO EIGHTEENTH DYNASTIES.

PLATE XIX. DECORATIVE SCARABS: TWELFTH TO EIGHTEENTH DYNASTIES continued .

PLATE XX. DECORATIVE SCARABS: TWELFTH TO EIGHTEENTH DYNASTIES continued .

PLATE XXI. SCARABS OF THE HYKSOS KINGS. (I).

PLATE XXII. SCARABS OF THE HYKSOS KINGS (II).

PLATE XXIII. SCARABS OF ROYAL AND OTHER PERSONAGES OF THE HYKSOS PERIOD.

PLATE XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SCARABS OF THE HYKSOS PERIOD.

PLATE XXV. DECORATIVE SCARABS, MOSTLY OF THE HYKSOS PERIOD.

PLATE XXVI. SCARABS OF KINGS, ETC., MOSTLY OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EARLY EIGHTEENTH DYNASTIES.

PLATE XXVII. SCARABS OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY. ( Thothmes I to Hatshepsut. )

PLATE XXVIII. SCARABS OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY continued .

PLATE XXIX. OFFICIALS OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY; AND RINGS,

PLATE XXX. SCARABS OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY continued .

PLATE XXXI. SCARABS OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY ( continued ).

PLATE XXXII. HISTORICAL SCARABS OF AMENHETEP III.

PLATE XXXIII. HISTORICAL SCARABS OF AMENHETEP III ( continued ).

PLATE XXXIV. SCARABS OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH DYNASTIES.

PLATE XXXV. SCARABS OF THE NINETEENTH DYNASTY (RAMESES II).

PLATE XXXVI. SCARABS BEARING ROYAL NAMES: MEREN-PTAH I TO SA-AMEN.

PLATE XXXVII. SCARABS OF TWENTY-SECOND TO TWENTY-FIFTH DYNASTY KINGS.

PLATE XXXVIII. ROYAL AND PRIVATE SCARABS AND RINGS. (TWENTY-FIFTH TO TWENTY-SIXTH DYNASTIES.)

PLATE XXXIX. SCARABS BEARING MOTTOES, GOOD WISHES, ETC.

PLATE XL. SCARABS BEARING MOTTOES, GOOD WISHES, ETC. continued.

PLATE XLI. SCARABS BEARING NAMES OF FIGURES OF GODS, ETC.

PLATE XLII. HIEROGLYPHICS, FLOWERS, ETC.

PLATE XLIII. MISCELLANEOUS ROYAL AND PRIVATE SCARABS.

PLATE XLIV. MISCELLANEOUS ROYAL AND PRIVATE SCARABS continued .

INDEX TO PERSONAL NAMES.

INDEX TO TITLES.

INDEX TO ROYAL NAMES

PLATES.

FOOTNOTES

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

Egyptian Antiquities. Plate I.
Ring bearing the name of King Apepŷ.

Ring bearing the name of King Nefer-Ka-Ra.
Ring of King Amenhetep II.
Ring of King Akhenaten.
Ring of King Hor-em-heb.

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES

SCARABS

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF EGYPTIAN
SEALS AND SIGNET RINGS
BY
PERCY E. NEWBERRY
Author of “The Amherst Papyri” “The Life of Rekhmara” “Beni Hasan,”
“El Bersheh,” &c.
WITH
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ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
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