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Late Period. 26th-30th Dynasty. 664-332 BC. Brown stone (siliciclastic indurated stone) heart scarab (52x38mm). A named Heart Scarab of the chief of Sem Priests, Panety Luefankh. The back of the scarab has a finely carved head, clypeus and wing cases. On face, an inscription in six lines:
God's father of Amun, chief of sem priests, Panety-Luefankh says: heart (jb) of my mother, heart (jb) of my mother, heart (hatj) of Khepri, do not revolt against me (before) the keeper of the balance. Do not stand up against me in the council of judges.
It is important to note that there were two concepts of the heart in ancient Egypt: jb, referring to the seat of the ba (soul or spirit), and hatj, referring to an animalistic heart, unable to hold the ba.
An important piece, wonderfully preserved and highly impressive in hand. For Panety Luefank, chief of Sem Priests, see H. Ranke, Die ägyptischen Personennammen (Berlin, 1935), p. 114, 4.
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God's father of Amun, chief of sem priests, Panety-Luefankh says: heart (jb) of my mother, heart (jb) of my mother, heart (hatj) of Khepri, do not revolt against me (before) the keeper of the balance. Do not stand up against me in the council of judges.
It is important to note that there were two concepts of the heart in ancient Egypt: jb, referring to the seat of the ba (soul or spirit), and hatj, referring to an animalistic heart, unable to hold the ba.
An important piece, wonderfully preserved and highly impressive in hand. For Panety Luefank, chief of Sem Priests, see H. Ranke, Die ägyptischen Personennammen (Berlin, 1935), p. 114, 4.
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