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NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII-XX, CIRCA 1550-1069 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN GREEN SERPENTINE HEART SCARAB FOR RAMOSE
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII-XX, CIRCA 1550-1069 B.C.
With well-defined wing-case, legs, and head, the underside inscribed with eight lines of hieroglyphs of the Heart Formula from Chapter XXXB of the Book of the Dead, a prayer imploring the heart not to bear witness against the deceased, reading, '(O) heart of my mother, my heart, do not stand (against) me (as) a witness, (do not) oppose me in the Tribunal, do not make hostility against me in the presence of the Keeper of the Balance. You are my heart which is in my body, Khnum who makes my limbs sound, when you go forth...'
2¾ in. (7 cm.) long
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII-XX, CIRCA 1550-1069 B.C.
With well-defined wing-case, legs, and head, the underside inscribed with eight lines of hieroglyphs of the Heart Formula from Chapter XXXB of the Book of the Dead, a prayer imploring the heart not to bear witness against the deceased, reading, '(O) heart of my mother, my heart, do not stand (against) me (as) a witness, (do not) oppose me in the Tribunal, do not make hostility against me in the presence of the Keeper of the Balance. You are my heart which is in my body, Khnum who makes my limbs sound, when you go forth...'
2¾ in. (7 cm.) long
Provenance
Private collection, Brussels; acquired in 1970s.
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