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Recorded provenance


Description : Egypt, 1st Millenium BC A small but fine steatite scarab with minute attention to detail and very crisp hieroglyphs.

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About the lot N° 116
Title : Egyptian Stone Scarab
Size : 1/2” (1.3cm)
Provenance : The John J. Slocum Collection - Newport, RI Mr. Slocum (1914-1997) collected most of his antiquities while serving as US cultural attache to Egypt in the 1960s. Later, he served as Assistant to the Director of The Smithsonian, was appointed by President Reagan to the Presidential Cultural Property Advisory Committee, and was a Trustee Emeritus of the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a well-respected scholar/collector, whose medieval crusader coins were sold in a single-owner sale at Sotheby’s, London in 1997.
Condition report : Small chip to front, else very good.

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