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LOT 0035
Large Egyptian Heart Scarab with Hieroglyphic Inscription
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 1/8 in. (68.5 grams, 54 mm).
With naturalistic detailing to the upper body and legs; base engraved with seven rows of hieroglyphic text, a version of Chapter 30b of the Book of the Dead; faience or glazed steatite.
ProvenanceEx collection Charles Bouché, (1928 - 2010).
Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport no.139368.
Accompanied by old sketches of the artefact together with a provisional translation of the hieroglyphic inscription in French; mentioning the god Osiris.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11845-206822
Cf. Israel Museum, inv.no.76.18.271, for a heart scaran in green schist; see Cohen Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, inv.no.249, for a small heart scarab in carnelian.
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LOT 0035
Large Egyptian Heart Scarab with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000€9,280 - 11,600 (for guidance only)$10,800 - 13,500 (for guidance only)
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Cloaks and mantles were the main type of outer garments worn by men in late antiquity. They are mentioned in the sources under a variety of names: birrus, caracallus,cucullus, lacerna, sagum, paenula and paludamentum. Unfortunately, despite the fact that cloaks were such important garments they are preserved in far fewer numbers from burials in Egypt than tunics, except as fragments.
