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| Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab of Thutmose IV - Walters 4272 - Impression Detail.jpg This amulet should secure the everlasting stability and royal authority for Thutmose IV whose throne name is in the cartouche and provide a private owner with his royal patronage One can speculate that scarabs with a royal name and this epithet were distributed during the foundation rituals of temples or monuments between 1397 1388 BC New Kingdom brown steatite with blue-green glaze cm 1 7 1 2 0 7 accession number 42 72 10835 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Translation Throne name of King Thutmose IV in a cartouche combined with a wish formula Men-kheperu-Re / whose monuments are everlasting place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license 2D Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Hieroglyphs on scarabs Scarabs of Thutmosis IV Cartouches of Thutmosis IV Scarabs with Wish Formula | ||||
