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| Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab with Name of Sa-nebet-Junet - Walters 4218 - Transcription.jpg This scarab is inscribed on the flat underside with vertically arranged column writing The inscription identifies an individual Sa-nebet-Junet and makes a statement of the individual's social status The top is incised with a very detailed deeply incised design with regular line flow The workmanship is slightly rough and the piece is not very carefully made The scarab functioned as a private name seal and as a user-individualized amulet It wsa originally mounted or threaded Teh amulet should assure constancy of individual existence and social status as well as renewal The combination of frame lines with 'C'-shaped elements is less common than 'S' and 'Z'-shaped spiral scroll enclosures between 1794 1648 BC late Middle Kingdom light brown steatite with blue or green glaze cm 1 1 6 2 3 accession number 42 18 22996 Henry Walters Baltimore 1911 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 Translation The great Wab-priest of Khons Sa-nebet-Junet place of origin Thebes present-day Luxor Egypt Walters Art Museum license 2D Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Hieroglyphs on scarabs Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
