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| Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab with Royal Solar Filiations Title - Walters 4275 - Impression Detail.jpg This steatite scarab is inscribed on the underside in sunk relief with the royal solar filiations title in a Maat-related phrase The back in incised with a simple design with short and aligned side-notches and a deeply incised head section The workmanship of the piece is rough and it is poorly made The piece functioned as an amulet with royal motto and divine provider individualization and was originally mounted or threaded The amulet should provide its owner with the support of the king as well as of Amun between 1186 736 BC late New Kingdom-early Third Intermediate beige steatite with light blue-green glaze cm 0 9 1 3 1 7 accession number 42 75 19775 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Translation Solar filiations title as part of a Maat-related royal phrase The m3c t-feather is reversed Perfect of Maat is the Son of Re place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license 2D Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Hieroglyphs on scarabs Nfr symbol hieroglyph Feather hieroglyph Sa-Ra hieroglyphs | ||||
