A good Egyptian Greenstone Heart Scarab, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Medium - Gold halfway between a club and

halfway between a club and a hammer

Background:  There is some conjecture that these glass vessels were actually early Christian amulets taken as relics and/or souvenirs from holy areas

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and carefully remove single sheets of bark

Betty was involved with the Batik work at Utopia and has been painting for many years

A good Egyptian Greenstone Heart Scarab, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Medium - Gold halfway between a club andThe scarabs association with the daily rebirth of the young sun god, Khepri, gave the beetle a prominent role in funerary contexts. In this example, the body conforms to the usual scarabaeus sacer; the eyes and head are carved on the five notched shield (clypeus). The first segment of the upper body (prothorax) and wings (elytrae) are separated by incised lines, while the legs (tibiae) to the side, are tucked underneath the body. As is to be expected,