File:Egyptian - Scarab with Personal Wish Formula - Walters 4254 - Transcription.jpg
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Title |
Scarab with Personal Wish Formula |
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Description |
English: This steatite scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged bottom inscription with a personal wish formula. The top of the piece has a very detailed, deeply incised design with slightly irregular line flow and almost balanced proportions. The workmanship is good and the piece is simply made.
The piece functioned as a provider individualized amulet and should provide its owner with the special support of the goddess Bastet. It originally would have been mounted or threaded. |
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Date | between 664 and 405 BC (Late Period) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | light red-beige steatite with green-blue glaze | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
42.54 |
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Place of creation | Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | [Translation] May I be a favorite of Bastet. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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