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18th March 07 

This short article recently published  by myself  and Pierre Tallet at the Sorbonne.

 

A shortened version was also published  on archaeogate with the kind assisitance of Franco Magnarini.

 

You can find information about some publications by Pierre and Franco on the books page

 

http://www.aegyptologie.uni-goettingen.de/GM/jahrgaenge/gm2007.htm

 

 

 

 



 

 












 

 

The Bes scarab came from an old American collection and had  previously been in a collection on France many years ago, in the early part of the last century.

It is still tied with silk thread to the original card and is secured with a nice wax sealing of a Sasanian stamp seal.

 




 

The scaraboid plaque comes from the same collection and had with it this small slip of paper.



 

 

  Update information from Pierre.

24th November 07

I have  new information about the small plaque we published last year : it belongs to a military man whose name is Wah-ib-re-neb-ken, from the XXVIth dynasty; he is known from other objects (P.M. Chevereau, Prosopographie des cadres militaires égyptiens de la Basse-Epoque, 1985, doc. n° 144, p. 110-111).

 

 

I am currently researching other examples of the representation of Bes on New Kingdom scarabs.

 

If any one has  any examples,  I'd be very pleased to hear from you.

 

I will place more information here in due course.

 

 

Next page  about  an interesting early cylinder seal