Scarab

E15288

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E15288
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt
Period New Kingdom
Section Egyptian
Materials Stone | Basalt (uncertain) | Slate (uncertain)
Description

Heart scarab. Slate-like stone, with corroded bronze loop for suspension. Back with human head and ribbed elytra. Underside in shape of a heart, with 10 incised lines of inscription, containing variant of Chapter 30 of Naville, Totenbuch.

Credit Line Gift of Mary Roberts Coles and Mrs. George S. Robbins, 1920

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