HUGE EGYPTIAN BLACK STONE HEART SCARAB WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION - TRANSLATED

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New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. "A black stone heart scarab carved with a small head, the prothorax divided from the elytra by a transverse ridge, the wing cases divided by a central line. The flat underside is engraved with a hieroglyphic inscription in six horizontal registers. The inscrip2on begins with a quotation from Chapter 30B, reading: “(He says:–) My ib-heart, (my) ib-heart of (my) mother. (My)haty-heart of (my) transformations ..., etc.” The name and title of the owner is mentioned towards the end, suggesting that he was a scribe at a local shrine of a male deity." For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 10.130.1644. Size: 63mm x 46mm; Weight: 86g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in M. Ebnother collection, Switzerland,1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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