A good Egyptian Greenstone Heart Scarab, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Medium - Gold Betty was involved with the

Betty was involved with the Batik work at Utopia and has been painting for many years

Provenance:   Private Virginia collection

the deceased could expect to be united with the sun god during his passage across the sky and through the Underworld to be reborn each morning

acquired from the Montreal

depicts a master of animals figure wearing a headdress and ribbed collar with arms raised

A good Egyptian Greenstone Heart Scarab, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Medium - Gold Betty was involved with theThe 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,