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Title: Scarabs

An introduction to the study of Egyptian seals and signet rings

Author: Percy E. Newberry

Release date: April 9, 2019 [eBook #59233]

Language: English

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Egyptian Antiquities. Plate I.
Ring bearing the name of King Apepŷ.

Ring bearing the name of King Nefer-Ka-Ra.
Ring of King Amenhetep II.
Ring of King Akhenaten.
Ring of King Hor-em-heb.

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES

SCARABS

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF EGYPTIAN
SEALS AND SIGNET RINGS
BY
PERCY E. NEWBERRY
Author of “The Amherst Papyri” “The Life of Rekhmara” “Beni Hasan,”
“El Bersheh,” &c.
WITH
FORTY-FOUR PLATES AND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
CHEAPER RE-ISSUE.
LONDON
ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO LTD
1908
HARRISON AND SONS,
PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HIS MAJESTY,
ST. MARTIN’S LANE, LONDON.
TO
MY FRIEND
MRS. E. B. ANDREWS
OF
“THE BEDUÎN.”