Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1479–1458 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 7 (G), 1926–27, Steatite (glazed), L. 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); W. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); H. 0.7 cm (1/4 in.), The inscription on the base of this scarab reads: God's Wife, Hatshepsut. In the late Seventeenth early Eighteenth Dynasties, the title God's Wife was held by the principal queen or the queen mother. Hatshepsut inherited the title while she served as principal queen of her half-brother, Thutmose II
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Scarab Inscribed, God, Wife Hatshepsut, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca, 1479–1458 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple, Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 7, G, 1926–27, Steatite, glazed, L, 1.6 cm, 5/8, W, 1.2, 1/2, H, 0.7, 1/4, inscription, base, scarab reads, Wife, late Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Dynasties, title God, held, principal queen, queen mother, Hatshepsut inherited, title, served, half-brother, Thutmose II
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