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YOU ARE HERE:>>REAL or FAKE>>Fake Egyptian>>Fake scarabs page 4

Take a quick diversion to this:

Though its not a fake!

It's just rather intersting.

  From Jnr 

3rd March 07

 This  scarab is a heck of a fake.
http://www.worldwidestore.com/28513c.htm
Sadigh style. As many of their artifacts.

Mr Sadigh  is good enough to provide us with very good images.

The incision is odd.

The scratches on the back are odd.

 From Phil

I've decided to carry this a bit further and do some digging and scratching to see if I could make some further notes for all of us in regard to these winged funerary scarabs that we've been having a chat about now.

Here's what I've dug up:

-The Cartouche on this particular example that we've been looking at reads mn hpr R' (Ra-men-kheper).

-Further, it is important to note that the cartouche is found widely and very commonly in both Egyptian and Canaanite scarabs of the period.

-In establishing this, we also have established a measure of comparison: meaning we should go have a look at other examples of funerary scarabs found that date to the 18th dynasty, specifically to the period of Tuthmosis III.

-Ben Tor has nothing on funerary scarabs in her text.

-Rowe shows extensive examples of scarabs from the 18th dynasty, but no funerary types.

-Petrie offers us no help here (his dating for these type scarabs is off too, by several dynasties.)

-Newberry offers nothing substantive.

-Tetter however does have several examples from her write up from her findings at Medinat Habu. (Since we all have access to this text because it's on line, I'd invite you to scrutinize my findings carefully...)

-Starting on plate 61 and going through to plate 69, we have several examples of funerary scarabs from the find.

-The catalogue indicates that all Funerary Scarabs found at Medinat Habu date from the twenty second to the twenty sixth dynasty, meaning 945 -525 B.C.E.

-It is further evident that the site had a very clear stratum of scarabs coming from the 18th dynasty, from which the cartouche that is in question comes.

-Further, it is important to note that none of the Funerary Scarabs found at Medinat Habu exhibit any cartouches or carving on their reverses.

Tentative conclusions:

Unless someone is able to provide substantial proof showing that funerary scarabs were in fact made in the 18th dynasty and that they did also have examples with royal cartouches, I think that it is reasonable to suggest that the winged scarab being offered by Sadigh and by WorldwideStore.com are suspect and are plausibly forgeries.

The fact that Sadigh has a bad reputation in itself shouldn't really have much to do with our assessment of material in question.

Our assessments really should be based on doing our homework in terms
of the piece discussed and documenting that to clarify our points. I know that this isn't always practical, but it sure does help to make for a more credible stand.

He has another available............and another.

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