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The identification of an amulet unique to private burials of the Late Dynastic and Graeco-Roman Period
They are always rectangular in shape with a suspension tube at the top and made from green
the oval bezel joins a separately made hoop inlaid with braided wire filigree of platinum and gold
an incised suspension loop at the back
1998 Flinders Lane Gallery
A Royal Egyptian Glazed Steatite Cylinder Seal for King Amenemhat II, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1914-1879/76 BCE Scarabs The identification of an amuletcarved from steatite, with traces of the original glaze remaining, particularly around the inscription that reads: "Nubkaure [Amenemhat II, 12th Dynasty] beloved of Sobek of Sumenu". Sumenu was the cult center of Sobek, the crocodile god of Upper Egypt, and a little south of Luxor. Cylinder seals of 12th Dynasty kings naming them and Sobek (sometimes Sobek of Sumenu, sometimes of Shedyt) are well attested. Background: Amenemhet II, was the grandson of
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