File:Egyptian - Heart Scarab - Walters 4281 - Impression.jpg
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Heart Scarab
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| Artist |
Anonymous (Egypt) |
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| Title |
Heart Scarab |
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| Description |
English: This serpentine scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged inscription with the text from spell 30B of the "Book of the Dead." The back of the scarab has a detailed design with a polished surface and almost balanced proportions. The workmanship is good and the piece is carefully made.
This scarab functioned as an independent, user individualized funerary amulet with a renewal connotation and supportive function for the deceased in the Court of the Dead. |
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| Date | between 1070 and 736 BC (Third Intermediate) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | black-brown serpentine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | length: 6.3 cm (2.4 in); height: 2.7 cm (1 in); width: 4.4 cm (1.7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
42.81 |
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| Place of creation | Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | [Translation] Recitation of Osiris: (the) head of beverages depot, Pa-en-Ptah: / Heart (that I received) from my mother, heart (that I received) from my mother, heart of my (different) ages, do not stand up against / me as witness; do not contradict me in the court; do nothing against me in front of the deities; / do not treat me with hostility in front of the Keeper of the Balance. You are my Ka (life-force), which is in my body; the creator, / who makes the limbs of my body whole; you may come out to the beautiful place, which is there prepared for me. Do not cause my name / to stink in the presence of the members of the court, who make people to resurrected (at) the beautiful place. Excellent is it for the posers; a pleasure is it / for the judge. Do not speak lies against me beside the great god. / See, you are elected to exist (as a justified one). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source |
Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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