Pectoral with Scarab

ca. 1295-1069 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 19-20)

10.2 cm 9.5 cm 2.1 cm

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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. The rectangular, shrine shaped pectoral has a large scarab...

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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