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SCARABS OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY—(_continued_).
1-12, 14-18. Neb-maa-ra (Amenhetep III) and his Queen Thŷi.
1. Newb. 2. B.M. 28314. 3. “Neb-maa-ra and the Royal Wife, Thŷi.” B.M. 29454. 4. “The Great Royal Wife, Thŷi.” B.M. 32351. 5. “Pleasing with Victories.” B.M. 32433. 6. B.M. 28571. 7. B.M. 32304. 8. “The Royal Wife Thŷi.” 9. “Amenhetep (III), Ruler of Thebes.” Newb. 10. “Abounding in things.” B.M. 32405. 11. Newb. 12. B.M. 32348. 13. See below under Amenhetep IV. 14. Amh. 15. “Amenhetep (III), Ruler of Thebes.” B.M. 30446. A gold ring. 16. “Neb-maa-ra and the Royal Wife, Thŷi.” P. 17. “The Royal Wife, Thŷi.” B.M. 30589. 18. “The Great Divine Wife, Thŷi, beloved of Isis.”
13, 19-25, 27, 28. Nefer-kheperu-ra, ua-en-ra (Amenhetep IV), afterwards called Akhenaten.
13. “Ruler of Thebes.” B.M. 4097. 19. “Lord of the Sweet Wind.” 20. “Beloved of Hor-akhuti.” 21. “Beloved of Amen and Mut.” Gdn. 22. “Amenhetep (IV), the Divine Ruler of Thebes.” Newb. 23. “Chosen of Amen.” B.M. 29236. 24. A plaque in the Amherst Collection giving the two names of Amenhetep IV, and on the reverse, “beloved of Sebek-ra, Lord of Sunu.” Amh. 25. A silver ring in the M-G. Collection. 27. “Pacifying the Aten.” B.M. 30596. 28. “Beloved of the Aten.” B.M. 28417.
26, 29. Kheper-kheperu-ra, ar maat (Aŷ). See also No. 34.
26. “Beloved of Amen.” B.M. 4096. 29. “Beloved of Amen.” Newb.
30. “Nefer-neferu-aten Nefert-iti,” Queen of Akhenaten. Gold ring in the Louvre.
31. A bronze ring of Ankh-kheperu-ra, in the M-G. Collection.
32. “Neb-kheperu-ra (Tût-ankh-amen), beloved of Ptah, Lord of Heaven.” P.
33. “Ankh-nes-pa-aten,” Queen of Tut-ankh-amen. P.
34. A gold ring of Kheper-kheperu-ra, ar maat (Aŷ). Leyd.
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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 the _Ä.Z._, XVIII, 81, and Maspero has given a drawing of the inscription (by Legrain, from a paper impression) in his _Recueil des Travaux_, XV, 200. The text given in the Plate is from the Berlin specimen, restored from Maspero’s published copy.