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Heart scarab

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A named funerary beetle-amulet placed on the mummy to still the heart in later Egyptian rite. Not the generic scarab node, and not an ushabti under a beetle name.

Egyptian religion

  • Heart scarab appears in Egyptian religion.

    The Book of the Dead gives the heart-scarab its own spell so the heart will not testify against the dead. A named funerary beetle-amulet, not a generic scarab and not an ushabti.

    from Raymond O. Faulkner (translation) · Book of the Dead, New Kingdom spells; Faulkner trans. 1972

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sources

  • Book of the Dead · Raymond O. Faulkner (translation)

    Raymond O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.