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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · jewelry
Scarab with Hawk and Sun Disc
Description
<p>This amazonite scarab is carved with an inscription on the bottom with horizontally arranged line writing of a divine motto, translating to "May Re live." The top is medium high and incised with a simple design. The workmanship is good and the piece is carefully made.The scarab functioned as a provider individualized amulet, and was originally mounted or threaded. The amulet should provide the support of Amun/Re and secure the life of its owner. There are many combinations of mottos, wishes, or just the name of the sun god. The addition of the sun disc verifies, in this case, that the sun god is represented and not Horus.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.57' rel='external'>Scarab with Hawk and Sun Disc</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Green stone scarab-like seal bearing a relief scene that includes a hawk-like bird and a circular sun disc motif.
The image shows an oval green object with a mottled surface consistent with a worked mineral. Within the central field are light-colored relief outlines forming a bird with outstretched wings and a long pointed beak, positioned over/within the lower part of the design. On the right side, a distinct rounded, ring-like element with an internal vertical mark resembles a sun disc with a central element. On the left, a smaller circular/oval form may represent the hawk’s head or another part of the composition, but it is not clearly a full sun disc. No clear cartouche or textual signs are legible at this resolution. The overall iconography is consistent with the catalogued theme of “Hawk and Sun Disc,” though the exact arrangement and whether all elements are precisely the sun disc are partially unclear.
decorative
unknown
good
Deities
Horus (hawk/bird imagery; unclear specific attributes)Ra (sun disc motif; unclear specific depiction)
Materials
green stone (amazonite per catalogue; exact confirmation from image uncertain)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] May Re live.
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 42.57 tier-2
- Walters-id 32184 tier-2
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