Ancient Egyptian Hard Stone Heart Scarab
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Ancient Egyptian Hard Stone Heart Scarab

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Late Period, 26th Dynasty or later, circa 664 to 332 BC

Finely carved in mottled green stone with a domed back, the serrated clypeus above a small head with circular eyes, flanked by hatched triangular panels. Below the broad prothorax the elytra are separated by a central groove with incised bordering lines, the slender legs folded neatly beneath the body. The underside is smoothly polished and left uninscribed, as appropriate for a heart scarab symbolic of rebirth and protection in the afterlife. Old surface with mineral deposits and a small area of restoration front right of base edge and leg.

Size 1-13/16 inches (4.6cm) length.  x  1-6/16 inches (3.5cm) Width

Provenance: Property of a New York City collection;  Acquired at Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, “Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art: Glass from the Ray Winfield Smith Collection,” 2 May 1975, sale 3753, lot 5. Lot listing in the sale catalogue; copy of catalogue page and invoice accompany the piece.

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