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| Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab with Wish Formula - Walters 428 - Right.jpg This steatite scarab is inscribed on the flat underside in sunk relief The vertically arranged column writing is a request to ensure the social status of a member of an elite group The design of the back of the scarab is very detailed with deeply incised lines and slightly irregular line flow The piece is simply made and its workmanship is slightly rough This scarab functioned as a status specific amulet with a blessing for a member of the elite The amulet should express/secure that the owner is notable prestigious and well equipped in the royal court/palace The piece would have originally been mounted or threaded The term Golden Horus as the name of a god does not appear before the Ptolemaic period and it is very unlikely that this scarab dates from that period or that this deity would have been mentioned so early ca 1070 736 BC Third Intermediate steatite light beige with glaze originally blue or green cm 0 7 1 1 1 5 accession number 42 8 28819 Henry Walters Baltimore 1911 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 Translation May the noble be in the palace of the Golden Horus place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Scarabs with Wish Formula | ||||
