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heart-scarab
Object Type
heart-scarab
Museum number
EA26978
Description
Green basalt heart-scarab with striated elytra, unpierced, gold plate inscribed with ten lines of hieroglyphs affixed to the base.
Cultures/periods
18th Dynasty
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Materials
basalt
gold
Dimensions
Height:
4.06 centimetres
Length:
6.63 centimetres
Width:
5.56 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
funerary
Location
Not on display
Condition
good
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Hay
Associated titles
Inscription from:
Book of the Dead
(Chapter 30)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Somers Clarke
Acquisition date
1896
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA26978
Registration number
1896,0611.1