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Heart Scarab with Deceased Adoring Osiris

Egyptian (Artist)
1292-1186 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 19-20)
steatite infill, underside was possibly covered in auri pigment
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia , Jewelry)

This steatite pendant is suspended by a perforated tang. Stone inlays are set in black paste. On the front is a beetle with outstretched legs in high relief. On the flat reverse tiny inlays filled the recessed figures. Shown within a square frame is a male figure in the elaborate dress of the Ramesid period adoring Osiris. The hieroglyphs at top identify the figures as "Osiris" and "The Osirian Mose."

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[Translation] Osiris / (The) Osiris: Mose.

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Maurice Nahman, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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1979-1980 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
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Egypt (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 9/16 x W: 2 x L: 2 3/8 in. (1.5 x 5.1 x 6.1 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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42.83

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