Scarab Inscribed with Blessing Related to Amun ( Amun-Re)

Third Intermediate Period

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

Scarabs bearing wishes and blessings related to divinities whose protection individuals wished to summon are particular popular during the late New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1295-664 B.C.). Given the limited surface on scarab bases, seal carvers were often very creative in using as few hieroglyphs and signs as possible in order to convey their message.

This scarab calls for the protection of the sun god Amun-Re, referred to by the image of the solar barque. The hieroglyphs below complete the blessing that expresses love for and from the sun god.

Scarab Inscribed with Blessing Related to Amun ( Amun-Re), Egyptian Blue

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Scarab Inscribed with Blessing Related to Amun ( Amun-Re), Egyptian Blue
Scarab Inscribed with Blessing Related to Amun ( Amun-Re), Egyptian Blue
Scarab Inscribed with Blessing Related to Amun ( Amun-Re), Egyptian Blue
Scarab Inscribed with Blessing Related to Amun ( Amun-Re), Egyptian Blue

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