Quarto. Pp. xi, 198. Plus 35 plates with multiple images to each. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt cover and spine, with illustrated dust-jacket. In near fine condition. ~ First edition. Documenta et Monumenta Orientis Antiqui, 15. A series edited by William Albright and Jacques Vandier. "The importance of the present volume will be apparent when it is recollected that the inscriptions on these objects form a sizeable proportion of what passes for historical information on the reign of Amenophis III." - Geoffrey T. Martin, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1972. ~ "Die große Mühe und Sorgfalt, mit der das zum großen Teil noch unveröffentlichte Material zusammengetragen wurde, verdient dankbare Anerkennung.vorbildlichen Dokumentation." Erik Hornung, Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 1973. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011). [ADDED:] C. Blankenberg-Van Delden: "Once Again Some more Commemorative Scarabs of Amenophis III." Reprinted from The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1977. Describes 9 scarabs of the "marriage" & "lion hunt" type located in Great Britain, Israel and the U.S.A. (AEB 77094). [AND:] "Additional Remarks on Queen Ahhotep, Consort of Senakhtenre Tao I?" Offprint from GM 1981. [AND:] A typed, signed letter from the Author to Prof. De Meulenaere, presenting a copy and discussing, in Dutch, related matters. She mentions the resurface of one of the lost Pier scarabs, LSA7, in the Detroit Institute of Art, and concludes that now, when it is not to be expected that many other exemplars will surface, her work is concluded, a task that many years was assigned to her by the late Prof. Jozef Janssen. [ALSO ADDED:] An offprint from "Orientalistische Literaturzeitung" with Hornung's full review of the book. A unique scholar's copy.
