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Bead of King Amenhotep III
General Information

Dark blue glazed composition elliptical name-bead: double piercing and cord channel on back. The front is painted with a cartouche, containing the prenomen of Amenhotep III, with epithet above.

Number 65231
Storing Place The British Museum - London - United Kingdom
Material Stone
Type Bead
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Width 1.7 cm
Historical Period The Eighteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom
Inscriptions on the Monument
Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

nTr nfr nb mAat ra


Translation

Good God Nebma’atre.

Scientific Publishing

C. Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, (London, 1990), 197, no. 183d.

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