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<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_front_PS2.jpg)
Heart Scarab, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_front_PS2.jpg)
<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_front_PS2.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_front_PS2.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.717E_negB_bw.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.717E_negB_bw.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.717E_negC_bw.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.717E_negC_bw.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.717E_negA_bw.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.717E_negA_bw.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_back_PS2.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_back_PS2.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_NegB_SL4.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_NegB_SL4.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.485E_37.717E_tlf.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.485E_37.717E_tlf.jpg)

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Heart Scarab

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

The Egyptians worked with gold and semiprecious stones from earliest times. They mined both types of material in the desert east of the Nile and in present-day Sudan, called “Nubia” in ancient times after the ancient Egyptian word for gold (nub). Clearly, objects made from these high-value materials were available only to the highest ranks of society.
This text refers to these objects: 37.717E; 16.149; 08.480.208; 37.485E; 37.701E; 37.795E; 37.805E; 37.1271E
MEDIUM Steatite, sheet gold
  • Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt
    • DATES 664–525 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 26
    PERIOD Late Period
    DIMENSIONS 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.717E
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION One steatite heart scarab with sheet gold over the base inscribed with 9 lines of hieroglyphs. Not pierced. Condition: Excellent, some denting of gold sheet.
    EXHIBITIONS
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Heart Scarab, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_front_PS2.jpg)
    IMAGE front, 37.717E_front_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007
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    <em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–525 B.C.E. Steatite, sheet gold, 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.717E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.717E_front_PS2.jpg)

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    seal
    hieroglyphs
    gold
    writing
    scarab
    Steatite and sheet gold
    Late Period
    sheet gold
    26th
    Dynasty
    heart
    Stamps and Sealings
    Saqqara
    Heart Scarab
    Carved
    Inscribed
    Jewelry
    Funerary Jewelry
    Henry Abbott Collection
    New York Historical Society Collection

    TAGS

    seal
    hieroglyphs
    gold
    writing
    scarab
    Steatite and sheet gold
    Late Period
    sheet gold
    26th
    Dynasty
    heart
    Stamps and Sealings
    Saqqara
    Heart Scarab
    Carved
    Inscribed
    Jewelry
    Funerary Jewelry
    Henry Abbott Collection
    New York Historical Society Collection

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