Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · jewelry
Scarab with New Year Request
Description
<p>This serpentine scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged inscription requesting good luck for the New Year. The design of the back is detailed, with thick, deeply incised lines and regular line flow. The workmanship is slightly rough and the forms of the script signs are very reduced.This scarab originally functioned as an amulet, and was threaded or mounted. It has a regenerative connotation and focuses on the new years ritual.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.392' rel='external'>Scarab with New Year Request</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] Happy New Year.
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 42.392 tier-2
- Walters-id 27960 tier-2
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