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| Keywords: Egyptian - Scarab with Personal Wish Formula - Walters 4254 - Bottom.jpg This steatite scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged bottom inscription with a personal wish formula The top of the piece has a very detailed deeply incised design with slightly irregular line flow and almost balanced proportions The workmanship is good and the piece is simply made The piece functioned as a provider individualized amulet and should provide its owner with the special support of the goddess Bastet It originally would have been mounted or threaded between 664 405 BC Late Period light red-beige steatite with green-blue glaze cm 0 7 1 1 1 5 accession number 42 54 1123 Henry Walters Baltimore 1929 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Translation May I be a favorite of Bastet place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license 2D Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Hieroglyphs on scarabs Basket with handle k hieroglyph Vase hieroglyph Oil-jar hieroglyph Spherical pot hieroglyph Scarabs with Wish Formula | ||||
