Scarab with Script Sign Combination ca. 1525-1492 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18)
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.
Egyptian
H: 1/4 x W: 7/16 x L: 9/16 in. (0.6 x 1.1 x 1.45 cm)
medium: beige steatite with green-blue glaze
culture: Egyptian
dynasty: 18th Dynasty
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Scarab with Script Sign Combination ca. 1525-1492 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18)
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.
Egyptian
H: 1/4 x W: 7/16 x L: 9/16 in. (0.6 x 1.1 x 1.45 cm)
medium: beige steatite with green-blue glaze
culture: Egyptian
dynasty: 18th Dynasty
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.