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CIVILIZATION | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Late Period |
DATE | 26th-30th Dynasty, 688-343 B.C. |
MATERIAL | Stone |
MOUNTED | No |
Charcoal-brown stone, naturalistically modelled in the shape of a scarab beetle, with its mandibles, eyes, antennae and striated wing case, the flat underside uninscribed, with traces of bitumen and crystalline.
Ancient Egyptians assigned great importance to the preservation of the heart. During the mummification process, the heart was left in the body and the heart scarab was placed over it or within the mummy's bandages to protect the person in the afterlife. These types of scarabs are frequently found inscribed with spell 30B from the Book of the Dead.
cf. Petrie, Amulets, no. 90.
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CATEGORY | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Late Period |
DATE | 26th-30th Dynasty, 688-343 B.C. |
MATERIAL | Stone |
MOUNTED | No |