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Scarab Amulet

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Accession: 42.25
Dynasty: 15th Dynasty
Date: 1648-1539 BCE (Second Intermediate Period; Hyksos)
Date range: 1648 BCE – 1539 BCE
Materials: ['beige steatite (originally glazed)']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Scarab Amulet (42.25). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220401

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Description

<p>The amulet should provide its owner with continual (oval frame) perfection and prosperity, as well as all-inclusive renewal (spiral scrolls).</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.25' rel='external'>Scarab Amulet</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

Inscriptions (1)

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English description

[Translation] Z-shaped spiral scrolls and the signs w3d and nfr for: Prosperity (and) perfection.

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 42.25 tier-2
Walters-id 31161 tier-2

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