Scarab Amulet

1504-1492 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18)

1.1 cm 1.4 cm 0.6 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 the figure of kneeling...

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