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| Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab with a Royal Title - Walters 4222 - Transcription.jpg This steatite scarab is inscribed on the bottom with the two royal aspects title and the basic component of the unification icon the plants of Upper and Lower Egypt The top of the scarab is high and simple with carved details The workmanship of the piece is good and it is carefully made This amulet has kingship connotations and was originally mounted or threaded The royal title and the unification icon refer both the the association of the dualistic aspects of kingship and state as well as of the whole creation The amulet should provide its owner with royal support and guarantee a stable and well-organized environment The unification icon also has a renewal connotation The combined use of the title and icon is much less common than the icon alone The five times serration of the clypeus of the scarab is rare and does not have many parallels between 1794 1539 BC late Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate light beige steatite cm 0 9 1 2 1 8 accession number 42 22 662 Henry Walters Baltimore 1911 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 Translation King of Upper and Lower Egypt place of origin Palestine Walters Art Museum license 2D Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Hieroglyphs on scarabs Nesut-bity Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
