Hi Snofru,
The back of the scarab points to the
Hyksos Period.
Kindly note the following: There is a
type of
Hyksos scarab
inscription that buries the base line of the "given" hieroglyph in the
border line
as is seen on your scarab. Unfortunately, I could not find this publication online but if you can find a copy to use, see :Weill,
Raymond. “XIIe Dynastie, Royaute de Haute-Egypte et Domination
Hyksos dans le Nord” in IFAO, Bibliotheque d’etude, XXVI, Cairo, 1953: Chapter 3, pp. 86-146. Chapitre III. Les scarabees de la periode XIIe dynasty – XIIIe Dynastie –
Hyksos dans le Cadre de l’histoire reconstruite. pages 133 and 134, Numbers 268 to 271 and 273 to 279. This may be a place to start.
I also checked the following but found nothing:
1. Mace, Arthur C. "A Group of Hitherto Un-published Scarabs in the Metropolitan Museum",
New York; Journal of
Egyptian Archaeology, Volume
VII, Parts I-II, April 1921.
London: The
Egypt Exploration Society, 1921: 36-38.
2. Mace, Arthur C. "A Group of Scarabs Found at Lisht", Journal of
Egyptian Archaeology, Volume
VIII, Parts I – II, April 1922.
London: The
Egypt Exploration Society, 1922: 13-15.
3. Stock, Hanns. Studien zur Geschichte und Archäologie der 13. Bis 17. Dynastie Ägyptens, unter besonderer berücksichtigung der skarabäen dieser zwischenzeit. Āgyptologische Forschungen herausgegeben von
Alexander Scharff, Professor der Āgyptologie an der Universität München. Heft 12. Glückstadt-Hamburg-New York: Verlag J.J.
Augustin, 1942. This is online at:
http://oilib.uchicago.edu/books/AF_12.pdf4.
Tufnell, Olga. "
Hyksos Scarabs from Canaan" in Anatolian Studies, Journal of the British Institute of Archaeology at
Ankara,
Vol. VI, 1956: 67-73.
5,
Petrie, W.M. Flinders and B.D.
Duncan.
Hyksos & Israelite Cities, BSAE & ERA, Twelfth Year, 1906,
London, 1906.
Russ