<em>Heart Scarab of Djedmutes'Ankh</em>, ca. 1539–1190 B.C.E. Stone, 7/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (2.2 x 3.3 x 4.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.485E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.485E_front_rotated_cropped_PS2.jpg)

Heart Scarab of Djedmutes'Ankh, ca. 1539–1190 B.C.E. Stone, 7/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (2.2 x 3.3 x 4.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.485E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.485E_front_rotated_cropped_PS2.jpg)

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Heart Scarab of Djedmutes'Ankh

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

The Egyptians worked with gold and semiprecious stones from earliest times. They mined both types of material in the desert east of the Nile and in present-day Sudan, called “Nubia” in ancient times after the ancient Egyptian word for gold (nub). Clearly, objects made from these high-value materials were available only to the highest ranks of society.

MEDIUM Stone

Place Made: Egypt

DATES ca. 1539–1190 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 18 to Dynasty 19

PERIOD New Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 7/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (2.2 x 3.3 x 4.9 cm) Weight: 0.2 lb. (73.5 g) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.485E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Deep greenish stone heart scarab with beige speckles inscribed for Djedmutisankh. Both the head, and the notched clypeus are somewhat lunate-shaped. The rear edge of the prothorax is rounded and separated from the elytra by a double line. The wing cases are separated from each other by a triple line. There is a “V” on each wing case at the shoulders. The legs are not indicated. The eight line inscription is for the most part illegible. Not pierced. Condition: Inscription mostly illegible; some small scratches; otherwise good.

EXHIBITIONS

To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Heart Scarab of Djedmutes'Ankh, ca. 1539–1190 B.C.E. Stone, 7/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (2.2 x 3.3 x 4.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.485E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.485E_front_rotated_cropped_PS2.jpg)

IMAGE front, 37.485E_front_rotated_cropped_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

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