File:Egyptian - Scarab with Script Sign Combination - Walters 4255 - Bottom.jpg
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[edit]Scarab with Script Sign Combination ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Scarab with Script Sign Combination |
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Description |
English: This steatite scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged design with a 'Maat' and longevity/omnipresence of Amun theme composed of four signs lacking syntactical context. The design of the back is simple with unbalanced body proportions and good workmanship. The piece is carefully made.
This scarab functioned as a supportive amulet and should secure life and justice. The piece could serve in this world and in the afterlife; as Amun's trigram, it should assure the support of the god. It would have originally been mounted or threaded. |
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Date |
between circa 1525 and circa 1492 BC date QS:P571,-1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,-1525-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,-1492-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (New Kingdom of Egyptera QS:P2348,Q180568 ) |
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Medium | beige steatite with green-blue glaze | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
length: 1.4 cm (0.5 in); height: 0.6 cm (0.2 in); width: 1.1 cm (0.4 in) dimensions QS:P2043,1.45U174728 dimensions QS:P2048,0.6U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,1.1U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
42.55 |
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Place of creation | Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | [Translation] Group of four hieroglyphic signs, which does not provide a syntactical context: Lord/all (?) - life - Maat - Lord/all (?). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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