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<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_view1.jpg)
Heart Scarab, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_view1.jpg)
<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_view1.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_view1.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_negA_bw.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_negA_bw.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_negC_bw.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_negC_bw.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_negB_bw.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_negB_bw.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.409_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.409_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.409_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.409_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_view4.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_view4.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_view2.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_view2.jpg)

<em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_view3.jpg)

Heart Scarab, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_view3.jpg)

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Heart Scarab

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Stone
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 664–332 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 26
    PERIOD Late Period
    DIMENSIONS 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm) Weight: 0.2 lb. (95.4 g)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.409
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Green-gray stone heart scarab. Beetle elaborately decorated. Five lines of hieroglyphic inscription incised on base. Space for name left blank. Not pierced. Condition: Edges chipped. Poor workmanship.
    EXHIBITIONS
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Heart Scarab, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_view1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.409_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    <em>Heart Scarab</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Stone, 1 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (2.6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.409. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.409_view1.jpg)

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