Turquoise faience amulet in form of a dung beetle, known as a scarab.
This larger oval amulet is very life-like. The hard wings of the beetle are indicated by a T-shaped cut on the top, with two wings expressed in relief on the sides. The head of the scarab is stylized on the front part of the amulet. There are hieroglyphs on the bottom side of the beetle. On the middle of the body, from head to bottom, there is a perforation for the amulet string.
Catalogue entry
Turquoise faience amulet in form of scarab Museum of Slavonia, Osijek inv. no. MSO AA-1432 unknown site New Kingdom (1539-1069 B.C.) faience 2.7 x 1.75 x 1.1 cm
Resources
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Kovač, Marina. Ulaznica za drugi svijet. Egipatska zbirka Muzeja Slavonije - Ticket to the Afterlife. Egyptian collection of the Museum of Slavonia. Osijek, 2013. no. 8, 36-37.
Tomorad, Mladen. „The Ancient Egyptian Antiquities in Institutional and Private Collections in Croatia“. U: Tomorad, Mladen (ur.). A History of Research into Ancient Egyptian Culture conducted in Southeast Europe. Oxford, 2015: 31-58. 49.
Tomorad, Mladen. „The Ancient Egyptian Collections in Croatia and the Project Croato-Aegyptica Electronica“. U: Derriks, Claire (ur.). Collections at risk: New Challenges in a New Environment - Proceedings of the 29th CIPEG Annual Meeting in Brussels, September 25-28, 2012, Royal Museums of Art and History Brussels, Belgium. Atlanta, 2017: 237-268. 256.
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