An Egyptian Hematite Set Square Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Scarabs Provenance: Alex Malloy collection

Provenance: Alex Malloy collection

slight smile of the mouth

2012 Little Gems

the scarab is finely carved from steatite then glazed and fired to a soft green

and in the 1970s made extensive donations of pre-Columbian and Native American ceramics to the Gilcrease Museum

An Egyptian Hematite Set Square Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Scarabs Provenance: Alex Malloy collectionFrom the Twenty sixth Dynasty on, two amulets are almost always found together the carpenter's set square, as seen here, and plummet (see EA2372). The set square takes the form of two often unequal lengths of square rod which meet at a right angle. Most frequently made of dark colored stone, especially hematite in the case of the set square, possession of this amulet would guarantee its owner everlasting rectitude. For a parallel example, see: