Object Description
A steatite Egyptian scarab with incised features such as the clypeus, prothorax and elytra marked by single lines. Decorated to the reverse, it has been incised with a chariot scene, depicting a pharaoh holding the reins of a horse-drawn chariot. To the top of the scarab are small hieroglyphs, including the head of canine animal, known as the ‘wsr’ sign and the seated figure of Ma’at, goddess of truth and justice. Together these transliterate as user-maat-[re], the throne name of Rameses IV.
Transliterated the hieroglyphs read: wsr-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ
Adding the vowels, they read: User-maat-ra
Translating as: The justice of Ra is powerful
Date: Circa 1153–1147 BC