Hi Marco,
While researching my own
scarabs, I came across some more information about your 4th
scarab - with coil/spiral scroll centered.
See:
1. Quibell, J.E., Clarke, S. and Tylor, J.J. El Kab,
Egyptian Research Account 1987.
London:
Bernard Quaritch, 1898: page 20, Number 20, Plate XX.
2. Peet, T.
Eric. The Cemeteries of Abydos,
Part II - 1911/1912, Thirty-fourth Memoir of The
Egypt Exploration Fund,
London, 1914: Plate XXXVII, Numbers A5 and R16.
3. Engelbach, R.
et al. Riqqeh and Memphis VI, British School of Archaeology in
Egypt and
Egypt Research Account Nineteenth Year 1913.
London, 1915: Plate XVII, Number 11/106, dated to the reign of Amenemhat III.
4. Steinbuchel, Anton von
Scarabées Egyptiens Figures du
Musée
des Antiques de sa Majeste L’Empereur,
Vienna, Antoine Strauss, 1824: Number 155, Plate III.
I believe the two
lateral embellishments beside the scroll are vestiges of lotus buds, see:
5.
Tufnell, Olga and
Ward, William. Relations Between Byblos,
Egypt and
Mesopotamia at the End of the Third Millennium B.C., A Study of the Montet
Jar. In
Syria, Revue D’Art Oriental et D’Archéologie, Tome XLIII, Fasc. 3 and 4.
Paris, 1966, pp. 165 to 241. Number 10, Plate XIII.
Years later,
Ward wrote an article about the physical characteristics of the
scarabs in the Montet
Jar, and the size and shape of your
scarab seems to fit, see:
6.
Ward, William.
Scarabs from the Montet
Jar: A Late Eleventh Dynasty
Collection at Byblos in
Berytus Archaeological Studies, Volume XXVI, 1978, Beirut: American University of Beirut, 1978: pages 37 to 53.
I
hope this helps.
Russ