Vintage Ancient Egyptian Faience Ritual Scarab, Large Unique Amulet, Tell El-Amarna (Akhetaten City), Upper Egypt, 3.5" - 90mm.

VINTAGE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RITUAL SCARAB AMULET, FAIENCE,

LARGE UNIQUE AMULET WITH UNUSUAL CARVING, RAISED BODY (PICTURED)

- CARVED TOP, A ROYAL CARTOUCHE WITH BABOON & COBRA ON EACH SIDE.

- RARE SHAPE AND COLORS AMULET - AKHENATON ERA

ACQUIRED FROM TELL EL-AMARNA AREA, SITE OF THE RUINS AND TOMBS OF THE CITY OF AKHETATON (HORIZON OF ATON) IN UPPER EGYPT, EAST BANK OF THE NILE.

- RITUAL HIEROGLYPHICS INSCRIPTION ON THE BACK.

* ACQUIRED IN 1951 EXACT AGE UNDETERMINED,
* IT'S GUARANTEED TO BE 72 YEARS OLD OR OLDER
* CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED.

* Amarna is an Extensive Egyptian Archaeological Site that represents the remains of the Capital City newly established and built by the Pharaoh Akhenaten of the late Eighteenth Dynasty, and abandoned shortly after his death (1332 BC).

The Name for the city employed by the Ancient Egyptians is written as Akhetaten , in English transliteration. Akhetaten means "Horizon of the Aten".

The area is located on the East Bank of the Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of Minya, some 58 km (36 mi) south of the city of al-Minya, 312 km (194 mi) south of the Egyptian capital Cairo and 402 km (250 mi) north of Luxor.

The area was also occupied during later Roman and early Christian times; excavations to the south of the city have found several structures from this period


- VERY PRECISE CARVING AND DETAILS, REDDISH BEIGE & LIGHT BROWN

- MEASURES: 3.5" - 90mm long, 2.4" - 60mm wide, 1.5" - 38mm deep (approximately).
IT WEIGHS 180 GRAMS - 6.3 OUNCES.


Scarabs were popular amulets in ancient Egypt. According to ancient Egyptian myths, the sun (Ra) rolls across the sky each day and transforms bodies and souls. the scarab was seen as an earthly symbol of this heavenly cycle. This came to be iconographic, and ideological symbols were incorporated into ancient Egyptian society.

To the ancient Egyptians, the scarab or dung beetle was a protector and a symbol of the new brighter day ahead

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