Scarab Amulet

1794-1539 BCE (Late Middle Kingdom-early Second Intermediate Period)

1.3 cm 2 cm 0.8 cm

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The ancient Egyptians believed that the dung beetle, the Scarabaeus sacer, was one of the manifestations of the sun god. Representations of these beetles were used as amulets, and for ritual or administrative purposes. The bottom of this scarab displays a short, vertical inscr...

Artifact

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23010
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Prof. Newberry (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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