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Source Description
In addition to its original function as a personal seal, the scarab became one of the most powerful amulets, used by the living and entombed with the dead. Countless variations have been preserved, differing in design, size, and material, but always associated with eternity and regeneration. This scarab has a very special bottom design displaying the king as a bull trampling over a prone enemy, with the script sign of a hoe in front of the bull's head. A Horus hawk wearing the double-crown (of Upper and Lower Egypt) is displayed in front of the bull, and the cartouche with the throne-name of the king is above his back. Such an amulet should secure the divine, victorious power of the king, as well as royal authority. It provides its owner with royal patronage and protection.
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Document identity
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17078
label
Scarab with King as Bull Motif
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Source metadata
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17078
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object
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normalized
title
Scarab with King as Bull Motif
description
In addition to its original function as a personal seal, the scarab became one of the most powerful amulets, used by the living and entombed with the dead. Countless variations have been preserved, differing in design, size, and material, but always associated with eternity and regeneration. This scarab has a very special bottom design displaying the king as a bull trampling over a prone enemy, with the script sign of a hoe in front of the bull's head. A Horus hawk wearing the double-crown (of Upper and Lower Egypt) is displayed in front of the bull, and the cartouche with the throne-name of the king is above his back. Such an amulet should secure the divine, victorious power of the king, as well as royal authority. It provides its owner with royal patronage and protection.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1479-1425 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Precious Stones & Gems
scarabs
amulets
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7
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7
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
0.7
height
1.4
depth
1.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 1/4 x W: 9/16 x L: 3/4 in. (0.7 x 1.4 x 1.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
style
Thutmoside
inscriptions
[Translation] Men-Kheper-Re; / beloved of Horus.
dynasty
18th Dynasty
reign
Thutmose III
med
steatite with green-blue glaze
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6182
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EGY
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2172
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