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Background: There is some conjecture that these glass vessels were actually early Christian amulets taken as relics and/or souvenirs from holy areas
Carved from opaque quartz
halfway between a club and a hammer
acquired from the Montreal
Provenance: Private Virginia collection
A good Egyptian Greenstone Heart Scarab, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Medium - Gold Background: There is some conjectureThe scarabs association with the daily rebirth of the young sun god, Khepri, gave the beetle a prominent role in funerary contexts. In this example, the body conforms to the usual scarabaeus sacer; the eyes and head are carved on the five notched shield (clypeus). The first segment of the upper body (prothorax) and wings (elytrae) are separated by incised lines, while the legs (tibiae) to the side, are tucked underneath the body. As is to be expected,
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