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Scarab amulet

Scarab amulet
Bone amulet in the form of a scarab.

It is very small and oval. Wings are indicated by an indented T on the upper side. On the side, relief wings are visible. The head of the beetle is stylized. There are two hieroglyphs on the bottom side. On the middle of the body, from head to bottom, there is a perforation for the string.

Catalogue entry

Scarab amulet made from bone
Museum of Slavonia, Osijek
inv. no. MSO AA-1605
Osijek (Mursa)
Late period (664-332 B.C.)
Bone
1.1 x 0.85 x 0.5 cm
donation, Karlo Franjo Nuber

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. 5, 98, fig. 105.
  • Kovač, Marina. Ulaznica za drugi svijet. Egipatska zbirka Muzeja Slavonije - Ticket to the Afterlife. Egyptian collection of the Museum of Slavonia. Osijek, 2013. no. 11, 42-43.
  • 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. 83.

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