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LOT 0006
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 scarab in green schist; see Cohen Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, inv.no.249, for a small heart scarab in carnelian.
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LOT 0006
Large Egyptian Heart Scarab with Hieroglyphic Inscription
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