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heart-scarab
Object Type
heart-scarab
Museum number
EA64378
Description
Green jasper human-headed heart-scarab; nine lines of Hieroglyphic text on base including name of Nebankh.
Cultures/periods
Second Intermediate
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Materials
jasper
Dimensions
Length:
3.20 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published: Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt (1994): fig.44. Cf. Quirke, JEOL 37 (2002-2), 31.
Bibliographic references
Taylor 2010 / Journey through the afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
(no. 113)
Location
On display
(G62/dc23)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2010 4th Nov-2011 6th March, Round Reading Room BM, Book of the Dead
Condition
fair
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Percy Edward Newberry
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Maurice Nahman
Acquisition date
1943
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA64378
Registration number
1943,0410.2