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Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 7/8 in. (38 grams, 48 mm).
Black hardstone scarab with finely carved head, eyes, clypeus, prothorax, elytra, and legs; plain underside.
PROVENANCE:
Ex Irene Newman, Birdham, Chichester, West Sussex, England.
with Stride & Son Auctioneers, Chichester, West Sussex, England, 23 April 2015, no.1599 [Part].
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Schulz, R., Seidel, M., Egyptian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Oakville, 2007, pl.18, cat. no.124, for a similar example.
FOOTNOTES:
The scarab, representing the dung beetle, was a popular amulet in ancient Egypt for about two thousand years until the Ptolemaic Period. It extended beyond Egypt and was exported to and manufactured in regions like Phoenicia and Israel. The beetle is named khepri and was considered the embodiment of the creator god Khepri. The Egyptians believed that the beetle emerging from the dung ball was an act of self-creation.
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