Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · jewelry
Scarab with Personal Wish Formula
Description
<p>This steatite scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged bottom inscription with a personal wish formula. The top of the piece has a very detailed, deeply incised design with slightly irregular line flow and almost balanced proportions. The workmanship is good and the piece is simply made. The piece functioned as a provider individualized amulet and should provide its owner with the special support of the goddess Bastet. It originally would have been mounted or threaded.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.54' rel='external'>Scarab with Personal Wish Formula</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] May I be a favorite of Bastet.
Connections
Deities
Bastet
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 42.54 tier-2
- Walters-id 1123 tier-2
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