Object Description
An Egyptian turquoise faience scarab featuring a stylised obverse and inscribed reverse. Upon the obverse, below the richly-coloured glaze, incisions mark the scarab’s elytra, thorax, head and tubercle. To the reverse is a central falcon figure, representing the god Horus. He wears a stylised crown and clasps a flail. There is a simple ‘ma’at’ feather above the bird and a filler ‘neb’ basket hieroglyph below.
The scarab has been pierced longitudinally for suspension.
Date: Circa 1550-1070 BC
Period: New Kingdom Period