Winged Scarab

4th-3rd century BCE (Ptolemaic)

2.6 cm 1.2 cm 3.5 cm

Citation

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. Winged scarabs were part of the amulet set of a mummy. Thi...

Artifact

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