Object Description
A hardstone Egyptian scarab with incised hieroglyphs to the reverse. The moulded obverse is detailed, with particular attention paid to the clypeus, head and protruding notched legs. Incised indentations mark the humeral callosities. The scarab is decorated to the reverse with hieroglyphs of incused sun-disk and Horus falcon holding a flail, with ‘neb’ hieroglyph below. The sign group reads: ‘Lord Ra-Horakhty’, an invocation to ‘Ra (who is) Horus of the Horizons’. The scarab is pierced longitudinally for suspension (now blocked).
Date: Circa 1070 – 332 BC
Period: Third Intermediate Period – Late Period