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| Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab with Adoration Scene with Sun Barque and Baboons - Walters 42396 - Back.jpg This amethyst scarab has a high back with incised designs The bottom is carved with an adoration scene with a sun barque and baboons The bottom design is very rough and incised with a few thick lines; the borderline is not consistent and some parts are missing and the layout is not very well balanced The piece is simply made This scarab functioned as a funerary amulet and was originally mounted or threaded The amulet should guarantee the renewal of the deceased in the afterlife by the appearance of the sun god The use of the gemstone material amethyst with its very light reddish coloration color of the sun rise should intensify the magic power of the amulet There are similar motifs with divine barque and flanking baboons in adoration gesture on finger rings from the tomb of Tutankhamun Amethyst was a popular material for Egyptian scarabs but most of them are without bottom designs between 946 712 BC Third Intermediate light violet amethyst cm 0 9 1 4 2 accession number 42 396 31402 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
