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Description: Drawing of a scarab of the hyksos ruler Semqen: "Heqa-Khasut Semqen" - "Lord of foreign lands (Hyksos), Semqen". Brown steatite from Tell el-Yahudiyeh. Reign of Semqen, 16th dynasty, Second Intermediate Period. This scarabs is the only attestation for this ruler and, according to Fraser and Gauthier, is part of the Fraser collection [ref: Fraser, G.W. (1900), A catalogue of scarabs belonging to George Fraser, n. 179]
Title: SemqenScarabPetrie
Credit: Scarabs and cylinders with names (1917), available copyright-free here, pl. XXI
Author: Flinders Petrie (1853-1942)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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