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"Second Intermediate Period; c. 15th Dynasty  (c. 1650-1550 BCE) &lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\nIn the form of a scarab beetle this piece was originally embellished with a blue-green glaze still present on the obverse of the scarab.  On the reverse is a hieroglyphic inscription including a scarab beetle between two crocodiles.  The mannerist portrayal of the hieroglyphs suggests that it was not made in Egypt but was more than likely produced in Canaan by someone who was not a native speaker of the language and thus was less adept at producing it.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\nDimensions: 24 x 18 mm &lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\nWorldwide Shipping and Certificate of Authenticity Included in Price.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\nExport Approval from the Israel Antiquities Authority.&lt;/p&gt;\r\nBibliography:&lt;/p&gt;\r\nDaphna Ben-Tor, \u201CThe Scarab: A Reflection of Ancient Egypt\u201D (Jerusalem:1993) pg. 28-32.&lt;/p&gt;\r\nDaphna Ben-Tor, \u201CPseudo Hieroglyphs on Middle Bronze Age Canaanite Scarabs\u201D, Ling Aeg\u2014Stud.  Mon. 8 (2009), 83-100.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n****&lt;/p&gt;\r\nThe \u201CHyksos\u201D as they are now known were most likely Canaanites, or a group of mixed-Asiatic peoples, who had entered Egypt in the twelfth dynasty and ultimately came to rule. The term \u201CHyksos\u201D is in fact a Greek corruption of \u201Chekau khasut\u201D which means \u201Cchieftains of a foreign land\u201D."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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