Heart Scarab, 6th century BCE

  • Egyptian

Stone, carved

  • Overall: 2 × 1 3/8 × 1 inches (5.1 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm)

Gift of Ruth C. Loomis

73.81

Inscribed, on the bottom of base with Chapter 30b of the Book of the Dead, the "Heart Scarab Text": He says: Heart of my mother, heart of my mother, my breast of my being, rise not against me as witness oppose me not in the council. Weigh not heavy against me before the keeper of the balance. Thou art my spirit that is in my body, Khnum who preserves. [The line for the owner's name has not been filled in.]

Ruth C. Loomis

1973-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Egyptian, Heart Scarab, 6th century BCE, stone, carved. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Ruth C. Loomis, 73.81.