Ancient Ancient Egyptian Heart scarab

Large soapstone heart scarab, once placed on the throat, chest or heart of the mummy. Some were worn by the deceased on a necklace, or mounted in gold settings as a pectoral. Heart scarabs provided the bearer with the assurance that at the final judgment as depicted in the Book of the Dead, the bearer would be found ”True of Voice” and accepted into the eternal afterlife by the god Osiris. On top, seated god with an Ankh, with a hieroglyphic symbol on top and bottom, at the bottom, hieroglyphics and Egyptian symbols. Unusually large and beautiful. Third Intermediate.
Egyptian antiquities are authentic and come with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Egyptian
1070 - 712 BC
2 1/2” x 2 1/4”