Egyptian Scarab with hieroglyphic inscription (Faience)

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Egyptian  Scarab with hieroglyphic inscription (Faience)
Weight:
23.9 gr
Dimensions / Size :
36 x 27 x 17 mm
Africa is home to a number of dung beetle species. They perform a vital ecological task by recycling the dung of herbivores. The dung-beetle because of its 'miraculous' emergence from the ground was associated and identified with the self-created Atem as Khepri. As morning sun he rose from the underworld, born from the womb (the eastern horizon) of his heavenly mother Nut, and moved across the sky and set in the evening behind the horizon, just as the scarab moved its dung ball across the earth and made it disappear into the ground. Huge numbers of scarab amulets were produced and spread over the whole of the Middle East. They served as protective amulets and were used to seal things.
Historical information from Wikipedia: http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/bestiary/scarab.htm
Please note this item is a museum reproduction, not ancient.