Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Lot 137*

An Egyptian mottled green stone heart scarab

6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,295 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Antiquities specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

An Egyptian mottled green stone heart scarab
New Kingdom, circa 1550-1069 B.C.
Possibly of serpentine, naturalistically carved, with incised wing-case details, the underside finely inscribed with six lines of text for the Lady of the House {...}, her name compounded with that of the god Amun, the remaining lines with a garbled version of Chapter 30B from the Book of the Dead, the heart scarab formula, 4.5cm long

Footnotes

Provenance:
Galerie Ishtar, Paris.
Private collection, Hong Kong, acquired from the above ca. 2002.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

A Mesopotamian clay cuneiform foundation cone with dedication inscription of King Lipit-Ishtar of Isin

A small Mesopotamian clay cuneiform foundation cone inscribed for King Sin-Kashid of Uruk

A Neo-Assyrian or Neo-Hittite bronze helmet with pelta-shaped cheek-pieces

An Attic pottery tankard with geometric decoration

A Greek pottery alabastron in the form of a greaved leg

A Greek terracotta female figure with a bird perched on her shoulder