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Source Description
This steatite pendant is suspended by a perforated tang. Stone inlays are set in black paste. On the front is a beetle with outstretched legs in high relief. On the flat reverse tiny inlays filled the recessed figures. Shown within a square frame is a male figure in the elaborate dress of the Ramesid period adoring Osiris. The hieroglyphs at top identify the figures as "Osiris" and "The Osirian Mose."
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Document identity
localId
24205
label
Heart Scarab with Deceased Adoring Osiris
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obj
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Source metadata
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24205
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Heart Scarab with Deceased Adoring Osiris
description
This steatite pendant is suspended by a perforated tang. Stone inlays are set in black paste. On the front is a beetle with outstretched legs in high relief. On the flat reverse tiny inlays filled the recessed figures. Shown within a square frame is a male figure in the elaborate dress of the Ramesid period adoring Osiris. The hieroglyphs at top identify the figures as "Osiris" and "The Osirian Mose."
provenance
Maurice Nahman, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1292-1186 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 19-20)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
scarabs
pendants
pectorals
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7
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7
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.5
height
5.1
depth
6.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 9/16 x W: 2 x L: 2 3/8 in. (1.5 x 5.1 x 6.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Translation] Osiris / (The) Osiris: Mose.
dynasty
19th Dynasty
med
steatite infill, underside was possibly covered in auri pigment
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6182
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JWL
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2513
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