Scarab beetle with the cartouche of Pharaoh Rameses II, King of Egypt (c.1303-1213 BC)
Category
Archaeological material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Stone
Measurements
22 mm (Width) x 10 mm (Depth); 30 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Egypt
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339548.1
Summary
Model - One of three scarab beetles carved in black stone with Egyptian hieroglyphs underneath.The cartouche of Ramesses II, a king of the Nineteenth Dynasty, c.1250 BC, but it is most probably a modern copy.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.