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Giant sculpture of a scarab beetle
Giant sculpture of a scarab beetle
Artist : Anonymous

Model : Scarabée
Relationship with : Khépri
Le Soleil

Date : near 200 B.C.

Dimensions : 152 cm x 91 cm
Material : Black granite
Dynastie Ptolémaïque
British Museum
Egyptian sculpture
Ground Floor - Section 4
Item 11 on 62
Ancient Egypt
Sculpture (Animal)

Area related
Héliopolis (Egypte)



Description   

Colossal scarab as incarnation of Khepri, one of the forms of the sun god. Although brought from Constantinople it probably stood until Roman times in court of the temple of Re at Heliopolis or else in the temple of another god defining the area devoted to the sun-cult.
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Scarabée dans l'Egypte ancienne
Le scarabée fascinait les Égyptiens qui ne comprenaient pas son mode de reproduction. Ils le désigneront comme celui qui vient à l'existence de lui-même, lui attribueront le pouvoir du dieu primordial et l'assimileront au soleil puissant.

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Giant sculpture of a scarab beetle
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