Carved green soapstone scarab, open fretwork with incised hieroglyphic writings on the bottom and top. Late Kingdom.
715 - 332 BC
1 1/2" x 1"
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Ancient Egyptian artifacts scarab
Brown limestone 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. At the bottom, Egyptian symbols. Third Intermediate.
