Egyptian button seal with protective uraei or Horus falcons flanking kheper beetle, holding rising sun

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Description

ITEMButton seal with protective uraei or Horus falcons flanking kheper beetle, holding rising sun
MATERIALSteatite
CULTUREEgyptian
PERIODNew Kingdom, 1550 – 1070 B.C
DIMENSIONS13 mm diameter
CONDITIONGood condition
PROVENANCEEx American egyptologist collection, active in the early part of the 20th century, brought to the US with the family in 1954.