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| Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab with Script Signs - Walters 4212 - Right.jpg This steatite scarab was originally glazed It has a flat underside with a vertically arranged bottom design with a combination of seven different script signs six of which appear twice The design of the scarab's back is simple with short aligned side-notches and well balanced proportions The piece is simply made and the workmanship is good This multifunctional amulet should provide royal and divine support good luck life renewal and protection The double presence of the six signs refers to the creation and the single sun disc to the creator The amulet should protect and support its owner in all different situations The piece was originally mounted or threaded Scarabs displaying hieroglyphic sign arrangements without syntactical context are typical for the late Middle Kingdom and the Hyksos Period ca 1794 1539 BC late Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate; MB IIB light beige steatite cm 0 8 1 1 1 7 accession number 42 12 28134 Henry Walters Baltimore 1911 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 Translation The combination has seven different hieroglyphic signs of which six appear twice only the sun disc is not repeated The terms are King - appearance perfection/good luck come into being beginning - life Re life - beginning place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
