Scarab with blessing related to Amun(-Re)
Unknown
ca. 1070–664 B.C. · Blue faience or glass · Egyptian Art
Scarabs bearing wishes and blessings related to divinities whose protection individuals wished to summon are particular popular during the (late) New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1295-664 B.C.). This scarab calls for the protection of the sun god Amun or Amun-Re, referred to by the image of the solar barque and wishes for life and protection when Amun(-Re) is watchful.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1070–664 B.C.
- Medium
- Blue faience or glass
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
