scarabee ; Horus ; staand
Description
Afdeling: Egypte en Nubië Herkomst: Literatuur | Eid Leemans FOLIO | Monumens égyptiens du musée d'antiquités des Pays-Bas à Leide (1839) | Auteur: Dr. C. (Conrad) Leemans | Eib NL LEI 4 | Catalogus van het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden : Egyptische afdeeling (1907) | Uitgever: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden | Auteur: Dhr. P.A.A. (Pieter Adriaan Bart) Boeser | Mcb (St) 3 | Description raisonnée des monumens égyptiens du Musée d'Antiquités des Pays-Bas à Leide (1840) | Auteur: Dr. C. (Conrad) Leemans | Uitgever: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Verwerving: verworven tussen 1818 en 1840
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A blue faience scarab amulet with worn hieroglyphs.
The object is a faience scarab, characterized by its blue glaze. The surface showcases some hieroglyph carvings, though they are quite worn and difficult to discern. The craftsmanship reflects common artistic practices in ancient Egypt for creating protective amulets. The scarab is an iconic symbol, often associated with rebirth and the sun god Ra.
Cross-references (3)
- Leiden-Accession EG-ZM154 tier-2
- Leiden-Handle 1024 tier-2
- Leiden-TMS-ID 1024 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Leiden RMO — Egyptian collection.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.