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Actions	scarab Remove from selection Add to selection $Archived Images\I_numbers\I7001-I7500\I7423.01.jpg; I7423; ;$ Object numberI7423 Titlescarab DescriptionEgyptian 'heart' scarab. The protective amulet for the heart was in the form of the scarab beetle, the manifestation of the creator and solar deity Khepri. It was a symbol of new life and resurrection. The heart scarab was a large scarab amulet which was wrapped in the bandages of the mummy over the deceased's heart, and was made out of a range of green and dark-coloured materials, including glazed stearite, schist, feldspar, haematite and obsidian. It was often inscribed with Chapter 30B of the Book of the Dead. The gist of the inscription was an instruction from the dead person in his or her heart that, when it was brought before the tribunal of the gods lead by Osiris for judgement (the Weighing of the Heart Ceremony), it should not confess to any of the wrongs that the dead person might have committed during his or her lifetime. Object namescarab, heart Dimensions whole length: 5.9 cm whole width: 4.6 cm

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Object numberI7423

Titlescarab

DescriptionEgyptian 'heart' scarab. The protective amulet for the heart was in the form of the scarab beetle, the manifestation of the creator and solar deity Khepri. It was a symbol of new life and resurrection. The heart scarab was a large scarab amulet which was wrapped in the bandages of the mummy over the deceased's heart, and was made out of a range of green and dark-coloured materials, including glazed stearite, schist, feldspar, haematite and obsidian. It was often inscribed with Chapter 30B of the Book of the Dead. The gist of the inscription was an instruction from the dead person in his or her heart that, when it was brought before the tribunal of the gods lead by Osiris for judgement (the Weighing of the Heart Ceremony), it should not confess to any of the wrongs that the dead person might have committed during his or her lifetime.

Object namescarab, heart

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