Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool, World Museum
Ram-headed Funerary Scarab
M14133
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A protective amulet for the dead that combines the body of a scarab beetle with the head of ram. Held between the back legs is a shen hieroglyph representing protection and eternity. Pierced around the edge with 27 holes for threading on a bead net placed over a mummified body or for stiching the amulet direct to the wrappings.
CONDITION NOTE (1998): Pitted, chipped, worn, surface loss, surface dirt.