Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · jewelry
Scarab of Thutmose IV
Description
<p>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.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.72' rel='external'>Scarab of Thutmose IV</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] Throne name of King Thutmose IV in a cartouche combined with a wish formula: Men-kheperu-Re, / (whose) monuments are everlasting.
Connections
Royals
Thutmose
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 42.72 tier-2
- Walters-id 10835 tier-2
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