Faience plaque


Accession Number
EC477
Current Location
House of Death (ground floor), Amulets case
Object Types
Fakes and replicas, Fakes | Jewellery, Pectoral | Scarab, seal, scaraboid, intaglio and similar objects, Scarab, Heart scarab
Period
Modern
Material
Faience
Provenance
Egypt
Measurements
Height: 62mm | Width: 62mm | Depth: 20mm
Number of Elements
1
Animal
Scarab

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Description

A square plaque made of faience with a scarab inserted in one side. It has a hole through the top as though it was worn as a pendant. This item may be a fake. If genuine, it appears in the tradition of heart scarabs inserted into pectorals in the shape of pylons. These objects are funerary and may be intended to show Khepri emerging from the pylon gates. Gateways, particularly those of the temple pylon seem to represent the gateway to the cosmos, the horizon. It was purchased by Wellcome at auction from the MacGregor collection in 1922.