Objekt:

 Skarabäus (§ 36-131), Steatit, 19 x 13,5 x 9,5 mm.

Datierung:

 7. Jh. (26th Dyn.).

Herkunft:

 Achsib, The Southern cemetery, Area A, Tomb 68, Locus 507, basket 2584; 8.-7. Jh.

Sammlung:

 Jerusalem, IAA 96-1983.

Darstellung:

 A decorative combination of four hieroglyphic signs set in a meandering double line enclosure (cf. Keel 1997b: Tell el-˓Aǧul Nr. 586) in the shape of a human face. The eyes are represented by two facing wḏt-eyes (Keel 1995: § 443, 444, 464), the nose by a nb and the mouth by a beetle with outstreched wings (Keel 1995: § 454 and 516, 517).

Bibliographie:

Keel 1997b: 66f, Achsib Nr. 135.

DatensatzID:

13913

Permanenter Link:

  https://bodo.unifr.ch/bodo/id/13913