File:Egyptian - Scarab with Script Signs - Walters 4212 - Bottom.jpg

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Scarab with Script Signs   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Egyptian (?)

Canaanite (?)
Title
Scarab with Script Signs
Description
English: This steatite scarab was originally glazed. It has a flat underside with a vertically arranged bottom design with a combination of seven different script signs, six of which appear twice. The design of the scarab's back is simple with short aligned side-notches and well balanced proportions. The piece is simply made and the workmanship is good.

This multifunctional amulet should provide royal and divine support, good luck, life, renewal, and protection. The double presence of the six signs refers to the creation, and the single sun disc to the creator. The amulet should protect and support its owner in all different situations. The piece was originally mounted or threaded.

Scarabs displaying hieroglyphic sign arrangements without syntactical context are typical for the late Middle Kingdom and the Hyksos Period.
Date between circa 1794 and circa 1539 BC
date QS:P571,-1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,-1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,-1539-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(late Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate; MB IIB)
Medium light beige steatite
Dimensions length: 1.7 cm (0.6 in); height: 0.8 cm (0.3 in); width: 1.1 cm (0.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,1.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2048,0.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,1.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
42.12
Place of creation Egypt (?)
Object history
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911 (?)
Inscriptions [Translation] The combination has seven different hieroglyphic signs, of which six appear twice, only the sun disc is not repeated. The terms are: King - appearance, perfection/good luck, come into being, beginning - life, Re, life - beginning.
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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