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On View In:
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Artist:
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Egyptian
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Title:
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Heart Scarab
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Date:
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1350-946 B.C.
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Medium:
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Green basalt
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Dimensions:
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1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)
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Credit Line:
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The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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Location:
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Gallery Not on view
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Inscription see card, Chapter 30 in the Book of the Dead; transcription: 'The Osiris, the Prophet of Amon, Ameny
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Classification:
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Seal
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Physical Description:
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heart scarab; green basalt; inscription reads:
(1) "The Osiris, the Prophet of Amon, Ameny, (2) he says: O my heart of my mother--twice--O my heart (3) of my being, rise not up against me as a witness, (4) repulse me not before the judges, do not set thyself against me (5) before the guardian of the scales; thou art my ka which is (6) in my body, Khnum who makes sound my limbs; mayest thou go forth (7) to the good furnished there. Let not our name stink (8)--------- (9)-------- utter no lie against me in the presence of the god. Joyful (10) because of the weighing of the good words thou hearest, behold (11) thou risest while thou art (justified)" last word ommitted for lack of space. The text is known as Ch. XXX of the Book of the Dead.
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Creation Place:
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Africa, Egypt
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Accession #:
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16.244
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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