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| Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab with a Deity, Offering Table, and Tree - Walters 4263 - Bottom (2).jpg This steatite scarab has a flat underside with vertically arranged sunk relief design representing a hawk-headed deity combined with an offering table and a tree The back is high and is carved in a detailed deeply incised design The piece is simply made and the workmanship is good The scarab functioned as a provider-individualized amulet and was originally mounted or threaded The amulet should secure the necessary rituals for the god and provide its owner with his divine protection It is possible that the owner of the scarab was involved in the rituals and had a priestly function The combination of a divine figure with an offering table does not belong to the standard repertoire between 1186 1152 BC New Kingdom beige steatite with blue-green glaze remains of fabric cm 0 8 1 1 1 6 accession number 42 63 39686 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Palestine <gallery> File Egyptian - Scarab with a Deity Offering Table and Tree - Walters 4263 - Bottom jpg </gallery> Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
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