Scarab with blessing

Unknown

ca. 945–525 B.C. · Egyptian Blue · Egyptian Art

This scarab is inscribed with hieroglyphs that probably form a wish or blessing. Such inscriptions are particularly popular on scarabs of the late New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 945–525 B.C.

Medium

Egyptian Blue

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Gift of John L. Cadwalader, 1903