File:Egyptian - Scaraboid with Crouching Calf - Walters 4270 - Back.jpg
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Scaraboid with Crouching Calf |
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English: The ancient Egyptians believed that the dung beetle, the Scarabaeus sacer, was one of the manifestations of the sun god. Representations of these beetles were used as amulets, and for ritual or administrative purposes. Amulets with oval base and half-ovoid back representing other animals are named scaraboids.
This scaraboid displays the representation of a crouching calf. The calf is facing to the right, the head as well as the tail raised and bent back to the center of the back. The figure fills the whole oval space; head, tail and extremities are very close to the body giving a compact and balanced impression. The unusual height of the scaraboid conveys the idea that the calf is crouching on top of a rock or pedestal. The base has a symmetrically long-oval shape. The bottom shows the figure of a squatting divine child, which has the finger to the mouth, an ankh-sign (meaning "life") is in front of his face, a lotus plant with bud hanging down above his knees, and an nb-basket below his body. The figure of the child is executed in sunk relief, the high, slim waist, as well as the long neck and head make it likely that the piece was created in the Amarna or early Post-Amarna Period; the layout is well organized, the figure of the child centered, and only the nb-basket is a little small. An oval line frames the arrangement. The calf-scaraboid with divine child on the bottom has a renewal connotation. The calf represents the daily reborn youth (sun god) of the celestial cow, and the child represents probably not only the solar child, but also the king Akhenaten. |
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Date |
between 1351 and 1334 BC date QS:P571,-1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,-1351-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,-1334-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 (New Kingdom; Amarna) |
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Medium | light beige faience with green-blue glaze | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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length: 1.6 cm (0.6 in); height: 0.8 cm (0.3 in); width: 1.1 cm (0.4 in) dimensions QS:P2043,1.6U174728 dimensions QS:P2048,0.8U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,1.1U174728 |
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institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
42.70 |
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Place of creation | Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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