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Chapter 40: PLATE XIX. DECORATIVE SCARABS: TWELFTH TO EIGHTEENTH DYNASTIES—continued.
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.

PLATE XIX.
 
DECORATIVE SCARABS: TWELFTH TO EIGHTEENTH DYNASTIES—continued.

1-3. Rope patterns. Types 1 and 2 are very common, and all the specimens that I have seen of these two types are certainly of the Hyksos period.

1. Evans.
2. Hood.
3. B.M. 27782.

4-36. Coil and loop patterns. Types 4 and 5 belong to the Hyksos period; the other types range in date from the Twelfth Dynasty onwards to the Eighteenth.

4. Benson.
5. Ready.
6. B.M. 26598.
7. Ashm.
8. Alnw. 1232.
9. B.M.
10. Ashm.
11. B.M. 27321.
12. B.M. 3832.
13. Liv.
14. Ashm.
15. H-P.
16. P. I. VIII, 85.
17. P. Koptos X, 40.
18. Alnw. 1158.
19. Gr.
20. B.M. 3860.
21. Evans.
22. Ashm.
23. W. (W. S.B. XI, 38.)
24. P. I. VIII, 68.
25. Leyd.
26. Ashm.
27. P. I. X, 168.
28. Benson.
29. P. I. X, 148.
30. Amh.
31. Murch.
32. W. (W. S.B. XI, 223.)
33. Ashm.
34. Ashm.
35. P. K. X, 27.
36. Benson.