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Ancient Egyptian Scarab with Crowned Horus Falcon browse these categories for related items... Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Pre AD 1000: Item # 591846
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This scarab features a horus falcon wearing the double crown. To the left is a nefer glyph, meaning “good” or “beautiful.” This asymmetrical arrangement of patterns around a horus falcon is a well-known motif from the Second Intermediate Period; for many similar, see Tufnell’s “Studies on Scarab Seals, vol. II: Scarab Seals and their Contribution to History in the Early Second Millennium B.C.,” Type A4 (Horus Falcon and Other Signs).
The scarab held special significance for the Egyptians as a representation of the creator and solar deity, Khepri. The scarab beetle rolls its eggs in a ball of dung along the ground, which the Egyptians held as symbolic of Khepri pushing the sun across the sky. As baby beetles were seen to emerge from the dung, scarabs were thought capable of spontaneous creation, further linking them to Khepri through his function as a creator god. From the Middle Kingdom (c. 2055-1650 BC) onward, the scarab-form amulet became popular as a form of jewelry, oftentimes inscribed on the bottom with a cartouche or mark of the owner. AGE: Second Intermediate Period, ca. 1783-1532 B.C. CONDITION: In good shape with a few scratches to the dorsal surface and a little wear to the bottom of the base. DIMENSIONS: 1.8 cm long |
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