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| Item Number: |
1VWI4 |
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| Category: |
Egyptian |
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| Period: |
Late Period |
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| Date: |
c. 25th-30th Dynasty, 712-332 B.C. |
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| Material: |
Stone |
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| Length: |
1 3/4" (4.6cm) |
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| Display Stand: |
Not Applicable |
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| Price: |
$ 1850 (USD) |
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| Status: |
Available |
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| Description: |
Reddish-brown polished hard stone, finely carved in the shape of a scarab beetle, representing Khepri god of the rising sun, base uninscribed.
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| Provenance: |
ex. French Art Market
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| Condition: |
Intact
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| References: |
A Catalogue of Egyptian Scarabs, Scarabäoids, Seals and Amulets in the Palestine Archaeological Museum by Alan Rowe (Cairo-1936)
Scarabs and Cylinders by Sir W.M.Flinders Petrie (1915)
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| Keywords: |
Heart scarab: Large in shape, usually made of stone, heart scarabs were placed on the throat, chest, or heart of the mummy. Some were worn by the deceased on a necklace, or mounted in a gold setting as a pectoral. Heart scarabs provided the bearer with the assurance that at the final judgment as depicted in the Book of the Dead, the bearer would be found 'true of voice' and accepted into the eternal afterlife by the god Osiris.
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