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Scarab commemorates marriage of Amenhotep III

General Information

A glazed scarab, inscribed on the bottom with ten horizontal lines of hieroglyphs, commemorating the marriage of the king Amenhotep III with queen Tie.

Number	1021
Storing Place	Egyptian museum - Cairo - Egypt
Material	Rock
Type	Scarab
Type of Script	Hieroglyphic
Address	Tahrir Square -Cairo
Historical Period	The Eighteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom

General Comments

· Scarabs were made of all types of material including faience, carnelian and amethyst as well as steatite. They were inscribed with personal names and titles, patterns and good luck signs. · Scarabs were also used to commemorate special events; Amenhotep III issued several sets, to commemorate his marriages to Tiye and Gilukhepa, wild lion and bull hunts and the construction of a pleasure lake for Tiye.

Inscriptions on the Monument

The text

Transliteration

( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

1. anx Hr kA nxt xa m mAat 2. nbty smnw hpw sgrH tAwy 3. Hr nbw aA xpS sTyw nsw-bity 4. (nb-mAat-ra) sA ra (imn-Htp HqA wAst) di anx 5. Hmt nsw wrt (tiy) anx.ti rn n it.s 6. iwiA rn n mwt.s TwiA 7. Hm.t pw nt nsw nxt 8. tAS.f rsy r kAri 9. mHty.f r nhArynA

Translation

Live Horus, mighty bull appearing in Truth, (he of the) two ladies; he establishes laws, he pacifies the Two Lands; Gold Horus, great of strength, who smites the Asiatics; the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, lord of the Two Lands, 4 Nebmaatre, son of Re, Amenhotep (III), ruler of Thebes, given life, 5 (and) the great king's wife, Tiy, may she live, the name of her father is 6 Yuya, the name of her mother is Tjuia. 7 She is the wife of a mighty king 8 whose southern boundary is as far as Karoy 9 (and) the northern as far as Naharin.

Scientific Publishing

J.H. Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical documents from the earliest times to the Persian conquest collected, II ,(Chicago,1920-1927), 867