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| Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab with Crowns and Cobras Design - Walters 4233 - Back.jpg This steatite scarab has a flat underside with a vertically and horizontally arranged design with the combination of two lower Egyptian crowns and four cobras with raised upper bodies on baskets The design of the back is detailed with finely incised lines and regular line flow The proportions of the top are well balanced The piece is simply made with good workmanship The scarab functioned as an amulet with kingship connotations The amulet refers to all-inclusive divine protection royal power and perfection The red crown symbolizes not only the royal aspect but also magical power and strengthens the protective function of the amulet The scarab originally would have been mounted or threaded ca 1794 1539 BC late Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate; MB IIB light brown steatite with blue-green glaze cm 0 9 1 3 1 9 accession number 42 33 16939 Henry Walters Baltimore 1929 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Inscription Combination of two lower Egyptian crowns four cobras with raised upper body on baskets and two nfr-signs perfection place of origin Palestine Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
