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| Keywords: Egyptian - Heart Scarab with Deceased Adoring Osiris - Walters 4283 - Impression.jpg This steatite pendant is suspended by a perforated tang Stone inlays are set in black paste On the front is a beetle with outstretched legs in high relief On the flat reverse tiny inlays filled the recessed figures Shown within a square frame is a male figure in the elaborate dress of the Ramesid period adoring Osiris The hieroglyphs at top identify the figures as Osiris and The Osirian Mose between 1292 1186 BC New Kingdom steatite infill underside was possibly covered in auri pigment cm 1 5 5 1 6 1 accession number 42 83 24205 Maurice Nahman Cairo date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 Translation Osiris / The Osiris Mose Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license 2D Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Hieroglyphs on scarabs Heart scarabs Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
