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<em>Heart Scarab</em>, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.529E_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Heart Scarab, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.529E_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Heart Scarab</em>, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.529E_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Heart Scarab, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.529E_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.529E_negA_bw.jpg)

Heart Scarab, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.529E_negA_bw.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.529E_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Heart Scarab, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.529E_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.491E_37.529E_GrpB_SL4.jpg)

Heart Scarab, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.491E_37.529E_GrpB_SL4.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.491E_37.529E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

Heart Scarab, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.491E_37.529E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.492E_37.529E_37.1753E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

Heart Scarab, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.492E_37.529E_37.1753E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

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Heart Scarab

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Hematite
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1075–712 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 22
    PERIOD In the style of the Third Intermediate Period
    DIMENSIONS 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm) Weight: 14.7 g  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.529E
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Black hematite heart scarab. The head is small and lunate-shaped. On it are two diagonal notches. The clypeus is notched. The rear edge of the prothorax is very slightly ‘V’- shaped. It is separated from the elytra by a single line. The wing cases are partially separated from each other by a groove which does not run the entire length of the back. The legs are indicated, on the sides, by grooves. The scarab is pierced from front to rear for suspension. Inscription is illegible. Condition: Large chip in left side of body; small chips in base.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Heart Scarab, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.529E_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
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    <em>Heart Scarab</em>, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Hematite, 1/2 x 11/16 x 1 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.529E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.529E_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

    TAGS

    heart scarab
    hematite
    Twenty-second Dynasty
    Dynasty 22
    Dynasty XXII
    New York Historic Society Collection
    hieroglyphs
    incription
    XXII Dynasty

    TAGS

    heart scarab
    hematite
    Twenty-second Dynasty
    Dynasty 22
    Dynasty XXII
    New York Historic Society Collection
    hieroglyphs
    incription
    XXII Dynasty

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