PLATE XXXII.HISTORICAL SCARABS OF AMENHETEP III.
Two specimens of this scarab are known, and it is perhaps the most interesting one of the series. One example is preserved in the Berl. Mus. (11002), the other was in the possession of Madame Hoffmann. An elaborate study of the text of the latter example has been published by Brugsch in theÄ.Z., XVIII, 81, and Maspero has given a drawing of the inscription (by Legrain, from a paper impression) in hisRecueil des Travaux, XV, 200. The text given in the Plate is from the Berlin specimen, restored from Maspero’s published copy.
2.The Lion Hunts of Amenhetep III.
Scarabs bearing an inscription recording the lion hunts of Amenhetep III are common, and about forty specimens are known. Of these, five are in the British Museum (4095, 12520, 16987, 24169, 29438); four are in the Louvre (Inv., 787, 788); four in the Berlin Museum (3481, 3482, 8443, 13274); three in the Leyden Museum (O. 83-85); and one each in the Cairo (M.,Cat. Ab., 1388), Florence (840), and Bologna (2455) Museums. In the Cat. des Med., Paris (1021), and in the Amherst, Edwards, Fraser (Sc.261), Grant, Hertz (Cat., p. 112), Kennard, Myers, Meux (1785), Palin, Petrie, Posno, H-Price (Cat.284), and several smaller collections, are also one each. The example figured is in the possession of Mr. Nash. The hieroglyphic text of this scarab has been published, among others, by Mariette (Alb. de Boulaq, Pl. 36, 532), Maspero (Histoire, II, p. 315), Brugsch (Ä.Z., XVIII, 81), and Budge (Mummy, p. 241), and a translation of it has been given by Pierret (Cat. Salle Hist., Louvre, 1877, p. 138), by Birch (Records of the Past, XII, p. 40), and many others.
3.The Parents of Queen Thŷi and the Limits of the Egyptian Empire.
Many specimens are known of this historical scarab. In the Louvre there are two examples (Inv. 787); in the British Museum are three (4096, 16988, 29437, the latter specimen of fine blue-glazed steatite); in the Cairo Museum, one (3817, figured in Mariette’sAlbum de Boulaq, XXXVI, 541; Maspero,Struggles of the Nations, p. 315); in the Bologna Museum, one (2454); in the Edwards, Petrie, Fraser (Fr., Sc. X, 262), Nash, Hilton-Price (Cat.283), Dattari and Myers’ Collections, one each; as well as several others in private hands. The example figured here is from the Amherst Collection. Birch (Records of the Past, XII, 39); Budge (Mummy, 242), and Fraser (Fr.Sc., X, 56), have published translations of the text.