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Source Description
This steatite scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged design with a 'Maat' and longevity/omnipresence of Amun theme composed of four signs lacking syntactical context. The design of the back is simple with unbalanced body proportions and good workmanship. The piece is carefully made. This scarab functioned as a supportive amulet and should secure life and justice. The piece could serve in this world and in the afterlife; as Amun's trigram, it should assure the support of the god. It would have originally been mounted or threaded.
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Document identity
localId
7050
label
Scarab with Script Sign Combination
core
obj
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object
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Source metadata
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7050
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Scarab with Script Sign Combination
description
This steatite scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged design with a 'Maat' and longevity/omnipresence of Amun theme composed of four signs lacking syntactical context. The design of the back is simple with unbalanced body proportions and good workmanship. The piece is carefully made. This scarab functioned as a supportive amulet and should secure life and justice. The piece could serve in this world and in the afterlife; as Amun's trigram, it should assure the support of the god. It would have originally been mounted or threaded.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1525-1492 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
scarabs
amulets
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6
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6
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
0.6
height
1.1
depth
1.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 1/4 x W: 7/16 x L: 9/16 in. (0.6 x 1.1 x 1.45 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Translation] Group of four hieroglyphic signs
which does not provide a syntactical context: Lord/all (?) - life - Maat - Lord/all (?).
dynasty
18th Dynasty
med
beige steatite with green-blue glaze
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6182
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EGY
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none
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