Scaraboid with a monkey. The upper surface is decorated with a convex image of a seated baboon facing right, with the fur on its back marked with crisscrossing lines. On the base is depicted a lying sphinx lion? wearing a feathered crown, above it is a solar disk. In front of the sphinx is the figure of a seated goddess Maat?, above the sphinx's back is visible a lying feather of Maat and possibly another symbol, damaged. c. 1550–c. 1186 BC; New Kingdom, 18th–19th Dynasty, Egypt. Amulet, scaraboid; height 2.3 cm, width 1.7 cm., An oval, weathered object with an uneven, carved surface showing raised and recessed shapes; the surface displays a mix of green, brown, gray, beige, and pale yellow tones with patches of darker brown and small areas of lighter off-white; the edges are worn and irregular, and the overall texture appears rough and pitted with layered ridges and rounded indentations suggesting erosion or age.
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Scaraboid with a monkey. The upper surface is decorated with a convex image of a seated baboon facing right, with the fur on its back marked with crisscrossing lines. On the base is depicted a lying sphinx lion? wearing a feathered crown, above it is a solar disk. In front of the sphinx is the figure of a seated goddess Maat?, above the sphinx's back is visible a lying feather of Maat and possibly another symbol, damaged. c. 1550–c. 1186 BC; New Kingdom, 18th–19th Dynasty, Egypt. Amulet, scaraboid; height 2.3 cm, width 1.7 cm., An oval, weathered object with an uneven, carved surface showing raised and recessed shapes; the surface displays a mix of green, brown, gray, beige, and pale yellow tones with patches of darker brown and small areas of lighter off-white; the edges are worn and irregular, and the overall texture appears rough and pitted with layered ridges and rounded indentations suggesting erosion or age.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A01_138

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

17.9Mo (845.4Ko) / 21.1cm x 21.1cm / 2498 x 2498 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Scaraboid monkey upper surface decorated convex image seated baboon facing right fur back marked crisscrossing lines base depicted lying sphinx lion wearing feathered crown solar disk front sphinx figure seated goddess Maat sphinx's back visible lying feather Maat another symbol damaged c 1550–c 1186 Bc New Kingdom 18th–19th Dynasty Egypt Amulet scaraboid height 2.3 cm width 1.7 cm oval weathered object uneven carved surface showing raised recessed shapes surface displays mix green brown gray beige pale yellow tones patches darker brown small areas lighter off-white edges worn irregular texture rough pitted layered ridges rounded indentations suggesting erosion age.

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