Scarab

E6762

From: Egypt | Abydos

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E6762
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Abydos
Locus Tomb E233
Period Third Intermediate Period | Twenty-Second Dynasty
Date Made 945 - 712 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Stone
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Heart scarab. Slate-like stone with 7 incised lines containing part of Chapter 30 of Naville, Totenbuch (the Book of the Dead). Above them, in a different hand is the name of the owner which was added later.

Height 2.4 cm
Length 6.3 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account, 1900
Other Number AES 1590 - Other Number

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