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Source Description
This steatite scarab has a flat underside with a horizontally arranged design with three script signs, two repeated. The design of the back is simple with slightly unbalanced proportions. The workmanship of the piece is good and it is simply made. This amulet has a recreative and /or good luck connotation; the duplication of the signs should strengthen the effect. The third sign is either a fill character, or refers to the all-inclusiveness of 'perfect existence.' The scarab originally would have been mounted or threaded. The combination of signs on the bottom of this scarab is not common.
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Document identity
localId
36102
label
Scarab with Perfect Existence Signs
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obj
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object
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6
Source metadata
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36102
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object
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normalized
title
Scarab with Perfect Existence Signs
description
This steatite scarab has a flat underside with a horizontally arranged design with three script signs, two repeated. The design of the back is simple with slightly unbalanced proportions. The workmanship of the piece is good and it is simply made. This amulet has a recreative and /or good luck connotation; the duplication of the signs should strengthen the effect. The third sign is either a fill character, or refers to the all-inclusiveness of 'perfect existence.' The scarab originally would have been mounted or threaded. The combination of signs on the bottom of this scarab is not common.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1648-1539 BCE (Second Intermediate Period; Hyksos; late MB IIB)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
scarabs
amulets
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6
pageCount
6
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1
height
1.5
depth
2.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 3/8 x W: 9/16 x L: 13/16 in. (1 x 1.5 x 2.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Translation] Sign combination two scrabs above an nb-basket
flanked by nfr-signs: Perfect existence
perfect existence.
dynasty
15th Dynasty
med
beige-brown steatite with green-blue glaze
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6182
15541
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EGY
ANE
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none
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