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A "scarabaeus" is also a now outdated term (OED 2) for an object in the form of a scarab beetle in art. The scarab was a popular form of amulet in Ancient Egypt, [3] and in ancient Greek art engraved gems were often carved as scarabs on the rest of the stone behind the main flattish face, which was used for sealing documents. [4]
Faience pectoral scarab with spread wings and bead net, Royal Pump Room, Harrogate Scarabs were typically carved or molded in the form of a scarab beetle (usually identified as Scarabaeus sacer) with varying degrees of naturalism but usually at least indicating the head, wing case and legs but with a flat base.
Articles relating to scarabs, popular amulets and impression seals in ancient Egypt.They survive in large numbers and, through their inscriptions and typology, they are an important source of information for archaeologists and historians of the ancient world.
Example scarab bottom):Medium to moderate size scarab, with horizontal text. (Text always reads into the faces of animals, right-to-left, this scarab.) The Wild-Cattle Hunt by Amenhotep III in the IInd Year of his Reign-(2nd year) Scarab Giving the Names of the Father and Mother of Queen Ti
A scarab beetle grub from Australia. The C-shaped larvae , called grubs, are pale yellow or white. Most adult beetles are nocturnal, although the flower chafers ( Cetoniinae ) and many leaf chafers ( Rutelinae ) are active during the day.
Detail of folio 8 recto from the Aberdeen Bestiary, the tiger. The works in this group are based principally on Isidore's Etymologiæ with significant additional material from Solinus, Saint Ambrose's Hexameron, [5] [6] Rabanus Maurus and others: [7] Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library MS 24) Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 8340
Yaqub-Har is attested by no less than 27 scarab seals. Three are from Canaan , four from Egypt, one from Nubia and the remaining 19 are of unknown provenance. [ 2 ] The wide geographic repartition of these scarabs indicate the existence of trade relations among the Nile Delta , Canaan, and Nubia during the Second Intermediate Period.
Scarabaeus sacer is the most famous of the scarab beetles. [14] To the Ancient Egyptians , S. sacer was a symbol of Khepri , the early morning manifestation of the sun god Ra , from an analogy between the beetle's behaviour of rolling a ball of dung across the ground and Khepri's task of rolling the sun across the sky. [ 15 ]