Heart Scarab of Hati-iay

ca. 1550-1186 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18)

5.2 cm 2.4 cm 6.8 cm

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During the process of mummification, amulets of different kinds were placed on the body or wrapped in the mummy bindings to protect the deceased from the dangers of the underworld. At the center of these arrangements of amulets was usually a "Heart Scarab", which contained a s...

Artifact

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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