Heart Scarab

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodLate Period, Dynasty 26

Date664-525 BCE

MediumDiorite

Credit LinePartial gift of Barry P. Harris IV

Dimensions3/8 x 1 1/4 in. (1 x 3.2 cm)

Object number2003.046.001

Exhibition HistoryFrom Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - Present
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, December 2003 - February 2004.

ProvenanceSaid to be ex coll. Rev. William MacGregor (1848-1937), Tamworth, England. Said to have been with Sotheby's London, June 26 - July 6, 1922. Acquired by MCCM from Barry P. Harris IV, United States.

InscribedTranslation: 1: "Recitation [by] the Osiris, the Chief/Captain 2: of the Doorkeepers of the Palace, Nefer- 3: renppet, justified, he says: '(Oh) my heart, 4: (oh) m y heart of my mother, my hety-heart, of 5: my forms/being, od not stand (up) against me 6: as witness. Do not contradict 7: me with the judges. Do not be 8: my enemy in the 9: presence of the guar[dian] of the balance [...]"

Status

On view

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