Commemorative Scarab of Amenhotep III

ca. 1380 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III)

5.6 cm 3.8 cm 8.5 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. This scarab belongs to the so-called group of Commemorativ...

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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Memphis]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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