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Scarab

Scarab
Scarab with ribbed elitra, prothorax is softly curved in lower part and clipeus is palmate. It belongs to the category of scarabeic hearts, which is much larger than normal scarabs. They were often stationed along the body of deceased or on the spot of the heart. It was probably made in the era of The New Kingdom of Egypt (Eightteenth Dynasty?). On the back a ring was imprinted, in the center of the ring are located five hieroglyphics signs.

It is well preserved. It is made of faience.

Catalogue entry

Scarab
Museum Mimara, Zagreb
Collection of the Ancient Civilizations
Inv. no. ATM 236
Egypt, unknown site
New Kingdom (1539-1069 B.C.)
18th dynasty (1539-1295 B.C.)
faience
4 x 10 x 8 cm

Resources

  • Čukman Nikolić, Ivana; Tomorad, Mladen. „The Collection of Egyptian Artifacts in the Mimara Museum in Zagreb (Croatia)“. U: Tomorad, Mladen (ur.). A History of Research into Ancient Egyptian Culture conducted in Southeast Europe. Oxford, 2015: 59-74. no. 9, 62-63, figs. 57a-b.
  • Tomorad, Mladen. „The Egyptian antiquities in Croatia“. PalArch 2, 1 (2005): 1-33. 12.
  • Tomorad, Mladen. Egipat u Hrvatskoj: egipatske starine u hrvatskoj znanosti i kulturi. Zagreb, 2003. 64, 394.
  • Tomorad, Mladen. Model računalne obrade i prezentacije staroegipatskih predmeta u muzejskim zbirkama u Hrvatskoj. [Doktorska disertacije, Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu]. Zagreb, 2006. 17.
  • Tomorad, Mladen. Staroegipatska civilizacija, sv. II: Uvod u egiptološke studije. Zagreb, 2017. 66.

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