MAKE A MEME View Large Image Canaanite - Scarab with "Udjat" Eyes - Walters 4239 - Right.jpg This steatite scarab is the bezel of a finger ring Its flat underside is incised with a vertically arranged design of a pair of facing connected Udjat eyes with script signs ...
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Keywords: Canaanite - Scarab with "Udjat" Eyes - Walters 4239 - Right.jpg This steatite scarab is the bezel of a finger ring Its flat underside is incised with a vertically arranged design of a pair of facing connected Udjat eyes with script signs below The design of the back of the scarab is simple with short and aligned carved side-notches and a well proportioned layout The workmanship of the piece is slightly rough and it is not very carefully made This scarab originally functioned as an amulet It should protect the life and regeneration of its owner and provide divine support The piece was originally mounted or threaded The very stylized shape of Udjat -eye-pair was common in the late Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period between 1648 1539 BC Second Intermediate; MB IIB light brown steatite with green-blue glaze and bronze setting cm 0 9 1 8 2 4 accession number 42 39 3908 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Inscription Pair of connected Udjat eyes which face each other place of origin Palestine Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Hyksos scarabs Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Canaanite art
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