Scarab Amulet

Description This scarab has a flat underside and is without bottom design. It is pierced lengthwise and was originally mounted or threaded. The pale green color, which symbolizes the verdancy of the crops and with it the regeneration of nature, should intensify the renewal connotation of the scarab.

Exhibitions

• In Search of Ancient Treasure: 40 Years of Collecting. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978.

Provenance Mrs. John Russell Pope [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, June 1, 1949, by gift.

Credit Gift of Mrs. John Russell Pope, 1949