圣甲虫和珠子手镯 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	圣甲虫和珠子手镯
品名（英）	Scarab and Bead Bracelet
入馆年号	1940年，40.3.14
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1981 - 公元前 1975
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	长 of scarab 3.8 厘米 (1 1/2 in); w. 2.7 厘米 (1 1/16 in); h. 2 厘米 (3/4 in) 长 of barrel bead 2.9 厘米 (1 1/8 in), diam. 1.2 厘米 (1/2 in) 长 of cylinder bead 4.3 厘米 (1 5/16 in); diam. 0.9 厘米 (5/16 in) Total length 65 厘米 (25 9/16 英寸)
介绍（中）	埃及自然资源丰富，珠宝制作中使用的大部分宝石都可以在尼罗河东部和西部的沙漠或西奈半岛开采。一个例外是来自阿富汗的青金石。在华的坟墓中出现一块巨大的青金石圣甲虫，表明了他的高地位。在Wah的时代，圣甲虫是一项相对较新的发明，仅在大约一个世纪前，即第一中间时期（约公元前2100-2030年）的某个时候开发。护身符的形状像蜣螂，圣甲虫sacer，这也是其现代名称的来源。蜣螂在古埃及语中是kheperer。古埃及人看到这些小生物推着巨大的粪球，想象太阳在黎明时被甲虫推入天空，他们把冉冉升起的太阳称为Kheperi。"成为"或"成为"的单词是kheper，甲虫象形文字被用来拼写所有这些单词。因此，圣甲虫成为今生恢复活力和来世轮回的强大护身符。这种圣甲虫有一个简单的椭圆形，背部只有几条深线表示头部和翅膀，侧面表示腿部。其他的，如华的两只银圣甲虫（40.3.12–.13），是对昆虫的更精细的描绘。
介绍（英）	Egypt was rich in natural resources and most of the stones used in jewelry making could be mined in the deserts east and west of the Nile, or on the Sinai Peninsula. One exception is lapis lazuli, which came from Afghanistan. The presence of a large lapis scarab in Wah's tomb is indication of his high status. In Wah's time, the scarab was a relatively new invention having been developed only about a century earlier, sometime in the middle of the First Intermediate Period (about. 2100-2030 B.C.). The amulet is shaped like a dung beetle, scarabaeus sacer, which is also the source of its modern name. The dung beetle was kheperer in ancient Egyptian. Having watched the small creatures push huge balls of dung, the ancient Egyptians imagined the sun being pushed into the sky at dawn by a beetle, and they referred to the rising sun as Kheperi. The word for "to become" or "come into being" was kheper, and the beetle hieroglyph was used to spell all of these words. As such, the scarab became a powerful amulet for rejuvenation in this life and reincarnation in the next. This scarab has a simple oval shape with only a few deep lines on the back to indicate the head and wings, and on the sides to indicate the legs. Others, like Wah's two silver scarabs (40.3.12–.13), are more elaborate depictions of the insect.