scarab (heart)
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Summary
: H1152
: Egyptology
: scarab (heart)
: Black carved scarab with inscribed decoration on the top and a flat bottom with incised hieroglyphs from the Book of the Dead on the bottom. There is a hole drilled through the scarab's jaws. The inscription on this example is a confusion of chapters 26 and 27 and reads as follows: 'The speech: My heart is in me in the house of hearts; my heart is in me in the house of hearts. Hail to thee my heart! Hail to thee my besek.'
Current Location
On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery
: 1550-1295 BC
: New Kingdom
: Given to the Bristol Institution by the Misses Goldney, 1884, and later transferred to Bristol Museum & Art Gallery.