Scarab with Personal Wish Formula

664-525 BCE (Early Late Period)

0.9 cm 0.6 cm 1.2 cm

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This serpentine scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged bottom design and inscription. The inscription is a personal wish formula requesting the support and protection of Horus. The design on the back of the scarab is very detailed, with deeply incised lines and...

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31906
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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6
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