Scarab of the lion-hunt of Amenhotep III

Scarab of the lion-hunt of Amenhotep III
Scarab with a trapezoidal head and clypeus, eyes in relief, a rounded thorax separated from the elytra by an incised line; the elytra feature a V-shaped incision. The legs are in relief. On the flat base are eight lines of text, separated by incised lines. The scarab is pierced lengthwise.
Present location MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE ...
Inventory number 840
Dating AMENHOTEP III/AMENOPHIS III/NEBMAATRE
Archaeological Site UNSPECIFIED
Category COMMEMORATIVE SCARAB
Material STEATITE/SOAP STONE
Technique INCISION
Height 3.4 cm
Width 5.9 cm

Translation
Long live Horus, the mighty bull who rises in truth.
The Two Ladies, who establish the law and pacify
the two countries, the Golden Horus who is great of strength, the vanquisher of the Asiatics, the king of Upper and Lower Egypt
Neb-maat-ra,Son of Ra, Amenhotep, prince of Thebes, living.
The royal bride Ty, that she may live. One hundred lions
killed by His Majesty in his hunts
from the year 1 to the year 10; fearsome lions:
102
Bibliography• Documenti inediti per servire alla storia dei musei d'Italia, Firenze-Roma, 1880, n. 357.
•G.Botti, Scarabeo commemorativo della caccia ai leoni del Faraone Amenofi III del Museo Egizio di Firenze, Colombaria XVIII, 1952, pgg. 93-96, tav. I.
•C.Blankenberg-Van Delden, The large Commemorative Scarabs of Amenhotep III, Leiden, 1969, pgg. 96-97, 58, pl. XX.
•Milani, Museo Archeologico di Firenze, I, Firenze, 1912, pg. 113.
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