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Scarab with Wish Formula   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Egypt)Unknown author
Title
Scarab with Wish Formula
Description
English: This steatite scarab is inscribed on the flat underside in sunk relief. The vertically arranged column writing is a request to ensure the social status of a member of an elite group. The design of the back of the scarab is very detailed, with deeply incised lines and slightly irregular line flow. The piece is simply made and its workmanship is slightly rough.

This scarab functioned as a status specific amulet with a blessing for a member of the elite. The amulet should express/secure that the owner is notable, prestigious, and well equipped in the royal court/palace. The piece would have originally been mounted or threaded.

The term "Golden Horus" as the name of a god does not appear before the Ptolemaic period, and it is very unlikely that this scarab dates from that period or that this deity would have been mentioned so early.
Date between circa 1070 and circa 736 BC (Third Intermediate)
Medium steatite, light beige with glaze, originally blue or green (?)
Dimensions length: 1.5 cm (0.5 in); height: 0.7 cm (0.2 in); width: 1.1 cm (0.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,1.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2048,0.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,1.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
42.8
Place of creation Egypt
Object history
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911 (?)
Inscriptions [Translation] May the noble be in the palace of the Golden Horus.
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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current02:53, 25 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 02:53, 25 March 2012900 × 539 (70 KB)File Upload Bot (Kaldari) (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Egyptian |title = ''Scarab with Wish Formula'' |description = {{en|This steatite scarab is inscribed on the flat underside in sunk relief. The vertically arranged ...