Heart Scarab of Bak-en-Djehuti
2.7 cm 1.8 cm 3.8 cm
Citation Source imageThe 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. This scarab is a so-called Heart scarab which was used for...
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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from Luxor]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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