PAIR OF EGYPTIAN HYKSOS PERIOD STONE SCARABS. Second Intermediate Period, Ca. 1790 - 1550 BC. A pair of scarabs in gold mounts, including, from left to right: a scarab in a plain oval collet with tubular sleeves for threading, the base engraved with hieroglyphs; and a carnelian scarab in a matching oval collet with twin sleeves, the base cut with intersecting linear signs. For similar see: The British Museum, Miscellaneous number: 88.857. Size: 13-18mm x 9-13mm; Weight: 3g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.