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Scarab Amulet   (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 Amulet
Description
English: Some of the hieroglyphic signs have a cryptographic determination as an Amun's trigram: the feather represents "j" in exchange for the reed-leaf, the Maat-figure stands for "m," and the beetle for "n" (derived from "ntr.j", "the divine one"). The sphinx does not seem to be part of the trigram, and with its Red Crown of Lower Egypt and divine beard, represents divine kingship. This amulet should provide the owner with the support of the divine king and Amun.
Date between 1333 and 1279 BC
date QS:P571,-1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,-1333-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,-1279-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
(New Kingdom of Egypt
era QS:P2348,Q180568
)
Medium faience with blue-green glaze
Dimensions height: 2.5 cm (0.9 in); width: 1.9 cm (0.7 in); depth: 1.1 cm (0.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,2.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,1.9U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,1.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
42.41
Place of creation Egypt
Object history
Exhibition history Faience: The Colors of the Heavens. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2003-2004.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1913
Inscriptions [Translation] Lord, Amun.
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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current03:45, 25 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 03:45, 25 March 2012900 × 528 (93 KB)File Upload Bot (Kaldari) (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Egyptian |title = ''Scarab Amulet'' |description = {{en|Some of the hieroglyphic signs have a cryptographic determination as an Amun's trigram: the feather represe...