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Scarabs

Chapter 4: LIST OF PLATES.
By Percy E. Newberry
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A systematic introduction to ancient Egyptian seals and signet rings that explains their origins, functions, and methods of manufacture. It surveys practical uses—securing property, authenticating documents, and transferring authority—and outlines the officials and engravers involved. The work classifies and describes a wide range of forms, including cylinder seals, button-shaped types, beetle-shaped scarabs, and various signet rings, offering technical commentary and comparative typology. Extensive illustrations and plates accompany the text, and the volume includes indices of personal and royal names and of titles to support identification and further research.

LIST OF PLATES.

PLATE  
I. Some specimens of rings.
II. Scene representing the Chancellor of Tût-ankh-Amen investing a Governor of Ethiopia with the signet-ring of office.
III. Pre-dynastic cylinder-seals.
IV. Impressions of early cylinder-seals.
V. Cylinder-seals of the Fourth to Sixth Dynasties.
VI. Cylinder-seals of the Twelfth Dynasty.
VII. Cylinder-seals of the Twelfth to Seventeenth Dynasties.
VIII. Miscellaneous cylinder-seals.
IX. Scarabs bearing royal names. Fourth to Twelfth Dynasties.
X. Scarabs of the kings of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dynasties.
XI. Scarabs of officials of the Twelfth to Fourteenth Dynasties.
XII. Scarabs of officials of the Twelfth to Fourteenth Dynasties—continued.
XIII. Scarabs of officials of the Twelfth to Fourteenth Dynasties—continued.
XIV. Scarabs of officials of the Twelfth to Fourteenth Dynasties—continued.
XV. Scarabs of officials of the Twelfth to Fourteenth Dynasties—continued.
XVI. Scarabs of officials of the Twelfth to Fourteenth Dynasties—continued.
XVII. Scarabs of officials of the Twelfth to Fourteenth Dynasties—continued.
XVIII. Decorative Scarabs: Twelfth to Eighteenth Dynasties.
XIX. Decorative Scarabs: Twelfth to Eighteenth Dynasties—continued.
XX. Decorative Scarabs: Twelfth to Eighteenth Dynasties—continued.
XXI. Scarabs of the Hyksos Kings. (I).
XXII. Scarabs of the Hyksos Kings. (II).
XXIII. Scarabs of royal and other personages of the Hyksos Period.
XXIV. Miscellaneous scarabs of the Hyksos Period.
XXV. Decorative scarabs, mostly of the Hyksos Period.
XXVI. Scarabs of kings, etc., mostly of the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Dynasties.
XXVII. Scarabs of the Eighteenth Dynasty. (Thothmes I to Hatshepsut.)
XXVIII. Scarabs of the Eighteenth Dynasty—continued. (Thothmes III and his family.)
XXIX. Officials of the Eighteenth Dynasty, and kings, etc., from the tomb of Maket, at Gurob (temp. Thothmes III).
XXX. Scarab of the Eighteenth Dynasty—continued.
XXXI. Scarab of the Eighteenth Dynasty—continued.
XXXII. Historical scarabs of Amenhetep III:
  1. Kirgipa and her Harîm.
  2. The Lion Hunts of Amenhetep III.
  3. The Parents of Queen Thŷi and the Limits of the Egyptian Empire.
XXXIII. Historical scarabs of Amenhetep III—continued:
  1. The Wild Cattle hunt.
  2. The Lake at Zarukha.
XXXIV. Scarabs of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Dynasties.
XXXV. Scarabs of the Nineteenth Dynasty (Rameses II).
XXXVI. Scarabs bearing royal names: Meren-ptah I to Sa-Amen.
XXXVII. Scarabs of the Twenty-second to Twenty-fifth Dynasty Kings.
XXXVIII. Royal and private scarabs and rings (Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Dynasties).
XXXIX. Scarabs bearing mottoes, good wishes, etc.
XL. Scarabs bearing mottoes, good wishes, etc.—continued.
XLI. Scarabs bearing names of figures of gods, etc.
XLII. Hieroglyphics, flowers, etc.
XLIII. Miscellaneous royal and private scarabs.
XLIV. Miscellaneous royal and private scarabs—continued.