Fragment of a Human-Headed Heart Scarab ca. 1802–1550 Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period Heart scarabs take the shape of a large scarab beetle, a symbol of regeneration. In this example the beetle’s head is replaced by a human face. The flat underside is inscribed with six horizontal lines of text. This inscription is a version of Book of the Dead spell 30B, the so-called heart scarab spell that magically "prevents the heart from creating opposition" and in which the deceased’s heart is directed not to tell lies about its owner. For the meaning of this spell and heart scarab amulet
Fragment of a Human-Headed Heart Scarab ca. 1802–1550 Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period Heart scarabs take the shape of a large scarab beetle, a symbol of regeneration. In this example the beetle’s head is replaced by a human face. The flat underside is inscribed with six horizontal lines of text. This inscription is a version of Book of the Dead spell 30B, the so-called heart scarab spell that magically "prevents the heart from creating opposition" and in which the deceased’s heart is directed not to tell lies about its owner. For the meaning of this spell and heart scarab amulets in general, see In the inscription here, the legs of all bird hieroglyphs have been omitted, a practice known from Dynasty 13 to early Dynasty Fragment of a Human-Headed Heart Scarab. ca. 1802–1550 Stone. Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period. From Egypt. Dynasty 13–17
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