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These three scarabs and the scarab-shaped plaque (inscribed on both
faces) on the right from the wreck seem to have been manufactured on the Syro- Palestinian
coast rather than in Egypt. (Photo: INA)
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Both sides of two scarabs and the scarab-shaped plaque(center) can be
seen via the mirror reflection. All were found in Area G. (Photo: INA)
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SC1 showing the god Re beneath two sundisks, the insignia of divinity,
and holding a serpent, the symbol of kingship.(Photo: INA)
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SC2 with an inscription meaning "Amun-Re, the Lord." (Photo:
INA)
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Bottom of SC3, the scarab-shaped plaque, showing hieroglyphic
inscriptions typical of the Hyksos period but meaningless. Second Intermediate Peroid
(ca.1785-1567 B.C.). (Photo: INA)
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SC4, with bottom divided into three vertical columns, also shows
meaningless hieroglyphic inscriptions and probably dates to the Second Intermediate
Period. (Photo: INA)
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The merchant’s cylinder seal on board, found in the "living
quarters," is Syrian in origin. (Photo: INA)
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Every Near Eastern merchant carried a seal that rolled onto clay,
imprinting that merchant’s "signature." The string and impression are both
modern. (Photo: INA)
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