Sacred Eye and Scarab

Heart scarab, Dynasty XX or later. Inscription is a prayer from the Book

of the Dead, adjuring the heart, over which the scarab was placed, not to

bear false witness against the deceased at the time of judgment. The

Horus eye is a beautiful piece of faience inlaid with stone and glass,

probably of Dynasty XIX.

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