plaque, hedgehog, inscription, The back of the scarab of steatite with a blue-colored glaze has the shape of a hedgehog whose spines are represented by intersecting lines. The enamel on the sealing surface has worn off and part of the sealing surface has been broken off. On the remainder, a solar disc above the hieroglyph for the letter r is depicted. On the imprint of the seal, made before a part of the seal was broken off, the hieroglyph is in the form of an arm, so that the god name Re can be read or the one given by Re. This combination of signs is very common on scaraboids
plaque, hedgehog, inscription, The back of the scarab of steatite with a blue-colored glaze has the shape of a hedgehog whose spines are represented by intersecting lines. The enamel on the sealing surface has worn off and part of the sealing surface has been broken off. On the remainder, a solar disc above the hieroglyph for the letter r is depicted. On the imprint of the seal, made before a part of the seal was broken off, the hieroglyph is in the form of an arm, so that the god name Re can be read or the one given by Re. This combination of signs is very common on scaraboids in the form of a hedgehog (see Hornung & Staehelin 1976, Scaraben and other Siegelamulette, )., Seal, scaraboid, glazed steatite, 0,8 × 0,6 × 0,5 cm, Middle Empire, 12th-13th Dynasty, Egypt
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