Object Image

This oval plaque probably performed the same function as a heart scarab as it is inscribed with chapter 30A from the Book of the Dead.

Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nasli Herramaneck, 1948

c. 1550-1295 B.C.
Serpentinite
2.1in
48.112
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020

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