Such scarabs were found in several archaeological sites of the Near East, from Syria to Sudan.
The scarab beetle was a symbol of the sun god Khepri, and glazed materials were called tjehenet ('shining') in Egyptian, so the shining scarabs refer to the king, the dazzling Sun himself.
Tiye's importance is shown by defining the boundaries of the empire in terms of her.
The text is 11 lines long, the average length of these scarabs is 8,4 cm.
The bull hunt scarabs record that in the 2nd regnal year Amenhotep, followed by his soldiers and officials, went to Shetep (possibly the area of Wadi el-Natrun) on his barge Khaemmaat ('Appears in Truth'), charged at wild bulls by his chariot and killed them.
The bull hunt scarabs have both the greatest length (9,9 cm) and the longest text.
Inscription on one of the lion hunt scarabs:[1] Life for Horus, the Mighty Bull, appearing in truth The Two Ladies, who establishes law and pacifies the Two Lands; the Golden Horus, strong of arm, who smites Asians, King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Nebmaatre, Son of Re, Amenhotep, ruler of Thebes, may he live!