Scarab Inscribed with Blessing Related to Amun
Unknown
ca. 1070–664 B.C. · Obsidian · Egyptian Art
The signs and symbols on the underside express the wish that the sun god Amun may be pleased. Scarabs made in obsidian mostly date to the Middle Kingdom, but this is an example belonging to the Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1070-664 B.C.).
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1070–664 B.C.
- Medium
- Obsidian
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
