Name bead with Cartouche of Shabaka 25th Dynasty Denne vare er sat til omsalg under nyt varenummer 4222445

Name Bead with Cartouche of Shabaka. A royal name bead for Shabaka in brown faience, biconical in shape with a flat back and impressed details to the cartouche and hieroglyphs on the front surface. Pierced from end to end for suspension. Third Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty. Neferkare Shabaka was a Kushite pharaoh. Intact and an excellent example of a rare type. Old label on recto: “MERI AMEN - NEFER-KA-RA Live for ever - 1808”. Translation is correct. provenance: Acquired from an old Chicago coll. In 2007. (M1539) Literature: For two very similar name beads of Shabaka, See W.M.F. Petrie, Scarabs and Cylinders with Names. London. Pl. LII, Nrs 15-18: https://archive.org/stream/scarabscylinders00petr#page/n225/mode/2up This lot is part of a large private collection of Egyptian antiquities at auction at Lauritz.com Roskilde until 29-31 March 2016. and read .