Image code: 21568

Scarabei in Amenemhat II

The decoration of the lower surfaces consists of a spiral motif, within which is engraved a hieroglyphic 'the perfect god Amenemhat'. The scarabeus sacer, identified by the Egyptians with the god Khepri, the one who was regenerated, was a symbol of rebirth and becoming and was for them a powerful amulet

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