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Source Description
This serpentine scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged inscription with the text from spell 30B of the "Book of the Dead." The back of the scarab has a detailed design with a polished surface and almost balanced proportions. The workmanship is good and the piece is carefully made. This scarab functioned as an independent, user individualized funerary amulet with a renewal connotation and supportive function for the deceased in the Court of the Dead.
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Document identity
localId
27145
label
Heart Scarab
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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27145
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object
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normalized
title
Heart Scarab
description
This serpentine scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged inscription with the text from spell 30B of the "Book of the Dead." The back of the scarab has a detailed design with a polished surface and almost balanced proportions. The workmanship is good and the piece is carefully made. This scarab functioned as an independent, user individualized funerary amulet with a renewal connotation and supportive function for the deceased in the Court of the Dead.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1070-736 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)
citationUrl
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CC0
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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
2.7
height
4.4
depth
6.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 1/16 x W: 1 3/4 x L: 2 1/2 in. (2.7 x 4.4 x 6.3 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
inscriptions
[Translation] Recitation of Osiris: (the) head of beverages depot
Pa-en-Ptah: / Heart (that I received) from my mother
heart (that I received) from my mother
heart of my (different) ages
do not stand up against / me as witness; do not contradict me in the court; do nothing against me in front of the deities; / do not treat me with hostility in front of the Keeper of the Balance. You are my Ka (life-force)
which is in my body; the creator
/ who makes the limbs of my body whole; you may come out to the beautiful place
which is there prepared for me. Do not cause my name / to stink in the presence of the members of the court
who make people to resurrected (at) the beautiful place. Excellent is it for the posers; a pleasure is it / for the judge. Do not speak lies against me beside the great god. / See
you are elected to exist (as a justified one).
dynasty
21st-22nd Dynasty
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black-brown serpentine
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6182
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none
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