scarab of Sobekemsaf II set in gold mount bearing incised Hieroglyphic text.

Green jasper human-headed heart-scarab of Sobekemsaf II set in gold mount bearing incised Hieroglyphic text.

the human-headed jasper scarab is inset into a cloison in a hollow sheet gold plinth with a rounded back end. The rim of the cloison itself has been inset with an undulating strip of sheet gold to give the effect of granulation. The insect's legs, splayed out on the plinth's top, are made from individual sheet gold strips with roughly incised markings representing hairs. The crudely formed hieroglyphs incised around the plinth, and in five horizontal rows across the underside, come from Chapter 30B of the 'Book of the Dead': "Spell for preventing the heart from opposing the deceased". In the inscription the legs of the birds are missing, a common feature in earlier magical texts to prevent them attacking the dead person.

Green jasper human-headed heart-scarab of Sobekemsaf II set in gold mount bearing incised Hieroglyphic text.

the human-headed jasper scarab is inset into a cloison in a hollow sheet gold plinth with a rounded back end. The rim of the cloison itself has been inset with an undulating strip of sheet gold to give the effect of granulation. The insect's legs, splayed out on the plinth's top, are made from individual sheet gold strips with roughly incised markings representing hairs. The crudely formed hieroglyphs incised around the plinth, and in five horizontal rows across the underside, come from Chapter 30B of the 'Book of the Dead': "Spell for preventing the heart from opposing the deceased". In the inscription the legs of the birds are missing, a common feature in earlier magical texts to prevent them attacking the dead perso

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