An Egyptian Green Stone Heart Scarab for Nesptah
Origin Egypt
Period Dynasties 25th - 26th
Dimensions 2 3/8 x 1¾ in. (6 x 4.5 cm.)
Description
An Egyptian green stone heart scarab of the priest of Bastet, scribe of ‘The Great House’ (Per-AA) of Bastet, Nesptah.
Bearing 12 lines of the Heart formula from Chapter XXXB of the Book of the Dead.
Provenance
Collection of Gavin Todhunter, mainly formed between the late 1940’s-1970’s.
