A steatite scarab with plain wing cases, pierced longitudinally for suspension. The underside is carved to a stylised representation of the goddess Hathor, with uraei towards the top and four nefer signs meaning good, beautiful, or perfect.
Supplied with a modern hard wax impression.
 
Egyptian Middle Bronze Age: Circa 1650-1500 BC
 
Condition: Very Fine; complete and intact
Length 16.2 mms (0.6 ins).
 
Provenance: from the Gustave Mustaki collection, a collector of antiquities who amassed a large collection in Alexandria (Egypt).
 
Hathor, was associated with joy, motherhood, music, and fertility.