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| Item Number: |
7KLRG |
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| Category: |
Egyptian |
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| Period: |
New Kingdom |
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| Date: |
c. 18th-20th Dynasty, 1550-1070 B.C. |
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| Material: |
Steatite |
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| Length: |
1/2" (1.2cm) |
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| Display Stand: |
Not Applicable |
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| Price: |
$ 1400 (USD) |
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| Status: |
Available |
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| Description: |
Cream colored steatite Heket scaraboid, the goddess of fertility and regeneration represented in the naturalistic form of a frog, with bulging eyes and legs poised as if ready to leap forward, the underside inscribed for
“Amun-Re, Lord of Maat”, pierced through for suspension.
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| Provenance: |
ex. French Art Market.
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| Condition: |
Intact
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| References: |
A. Rowe, A Catalogue of Egyptian Scarabs, Scaraboids, Seals and Amulets in the Palestine Archaeological Museum(Cairo 1936)
Sir W.M. Flinders Petrie, Scarabs and Cylinders (England 1915)
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| Keywords: |
Heket: Also know as Heqat, the goddess of fertility and regeneration, represented in the form of a frog. Heket was a protector of women in childbirth.
Scaraboid: The term scaraboid is used to describe a seal or amulet which has the same ovoid shape as a scarab but may have its back carved in the form of some creature other than the scarab beetle.
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