Scarab of Akhenaten

1351-1334 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Amarna)

1.1 cm 1.5 cm 7.5 cm

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This amulet should secure Akhenaten's epiphany, as well as his royal authority, and guarantee for a private owner his royal patronage.

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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