An Egyptian green schist heart scarab Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. The underside inscribed with eleven rows of text containing the heart scarab formula from Chapter 30B of the Book of the Dead, the name of the deceased left blank, the upper side carved anatomically as a scarab beetle, with incised wing case, with drilled openwork legs above the oval base, 2½in (6.3cm) long
An Egyptian green schist heart scarab Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. The underside inscribed with eleven rows of text containing the heart scarab formula from Chapter 30B of the Book of the Dead, the name of the deceased left blank, the upper side carved anatomically as a scarab beetle, with incised wing case, with drilled openwork legs above the oval base, 2½in (6.3cm) long
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