An Egyptian Faience scarab Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. Amazingly carved with fine linear incised wing-case, the underbody with hieroglyphic intaglio .
FAIENCE, AKHENATON SCARAB AMULET
VINTAGE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RITUAL SCARAB AMULET, FAIENCE,
LARGE UNIQUE AMULET WITH UNUSUAL CARVING, RAISED BODY (PICTURED)
RARE SHAPE AND COLORS AMULET - AKHENATON ERA
ACQUIRED FROM TELL EL-AMARNA AREA, SITE OF THE RUINS AND TOMBS OF THE CITY OF AKHETATON (HORIZON OF ATON) IN UPPER EGYPT, EAST BANK OF THE NILE.
- RITUAL HIEROGLYPHICS INSCRIPTION ON THE BACK.
Acquired from European private collection . Collected before: 1900s
beetle (Scarabaeus sacer), which lays its eggs in dung balls fashioned through rolling. This beetle was associated with the divine manifestation of the early morning sun, Khepri, whose name was written with the scarab hieroglyph and who was believed to roll the disk of the morning sun over the eastern horizon at daybreak. Since the scarab hieroglyph, Kheper, refers variously to the ideas of existence, manifestation, development, growth, and effectiveness, the beetle itself was a favourite form used for amulets in all periods of Egyptian history.