Scarab amulet

Scarab amulet
Smaller, turquoise faience amulet, in the form of a dung beetle, scarab.

It is oval, with hard wings indicated by a T indent on the upper side, as well as the stylized head. Other features, such as other wings that are usually present in the profile, are not indicated on this specimen. On the bottom side, there are hieroglyphs, identical to the ones on scarab MSO AA-1432. On the middle of the body, from head to bottom, there is a perforation for the amulet string.

Catalogue entry

Turquoise faience amulet in the form of scarab
Museum of Slavonia, Osijek
inv. no. MSO-AA-1433
unknown site
New Kingdom (1539-1069 B.C.)
faience
1.8 x 1.3 x 0.9

Resources

  • Kovač, Marina. „Egyptian Collection of the Museum of Slavonia in Osijek (Croatia)“. U: Tomorad, Mladen (ur.). A History of Research into Ancient Egyptian Culture conducted in Southeast Europe. Oxford, 2015: 93-105. no. 13, 102-103, fig. 113.
  • Kovač, Marina. Ulaznica za drugi svijet. Egipatska zbirka Muzeja Slavonije - Ticket to the Afterlife. Egyptian collection of the Museum of Slavonia. Osijek, 2013. no. 9, 38-39.
  • 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.
  • Tomorad, Mladen. Staroegipatska civilizacija, sv. II: Uvod u egiptološke studije. Zagreb, 2017. 82-83, fig. 107.

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