Scarab

Unknown

ca. 1295–1070 B.C. · Faience · Egyptian Art

The underside of this scarab depicts two standing feline-headed goddesses. Both heads seem to be that of a lioness. They stand opposite each other and each holds a papyrus scepter in front. The goddess on the left has a rearing cobra on her head, while the one on the right shows a sundisk with a cobra. In the center above them is a sundisk and below them is a neb-hieroglyph. Several goddesses are known that can be depicted with a lion’s head and a sundisk and/or uraeus. The identification of these two goddesses is therefore unclear.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Medium

Faience

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926