Winged Scarab Pendant of Tutankhamun; from Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes, Egypt.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 61884
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Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 61884
#archaeohistories
This golden pendant of cloisonné technique is inlaid with semiprecious stones and colored glass. The central element of the composition is a winged scarab of Libyan desert glass, grasping on one side a lotus and on the other a papyrus flower, flanked by two uraei, or cobras.
A gold frame outlines the main composition and supports pendants of lotus flowers, papyrus, and poppy seed heads. A slim solar boat rests upon the front feet of the scarab and carries the wadjet eye symbol or Eye of Horus, flanked by two rearing uraei.
The wadjet eye is surmounted by a lunar crescent of gold and a silver disk with images of the gods, Thoth and Ra-Horakhty, crowning the central figure of king Tutankhamun.
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