Scarab with King as Bull Motif
Description
<p>In addition to its original function as a personal seal, the scarab became one of the most powerful amulets, used by the living and entombed with the dead. Countless variations have been preserved, differing in design, size, and material, but always associated with eternity and regeneration. This scarab has a very special bottom design displaying the king as a bull trampling over a prone enemy, with the script sign of a hoe in front of the bull's head. A Horus hawk wearing the double-crown (of Upper and Lower Egypt) is displayed in front of the bull, and the cartouche with the throne-name of the king is above his back. Such an amulet should secure the divine, victorious power of the king, as well as royal authority. It provides its owner with royal patronage and protection.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.76' rel='external'>Scarab with King as Bull Motif</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
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- Walters-AccNum 42.76 tier-2
- Walters-id 17078 tier-2
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