官员的圣甲虫 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	官员的圣甲虫
品名（英）	Scarab of an Official
入馆年号	1922年，22.1.420
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1855 - 公元前 1640
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	长 2.3 × 宽 1.5 × 高 0.9 厘米 (7/8 × 9/16 × 3/8 英寸)
介绍（中）	第12王朝的行政变化导致官僚主义的增加，随之而来的是印章的生产和使用。这反映在第12王朝后期至第13王朝（约公元前1850-1640年）开始大规模生产圣甲虫，这是最受欢迎的护身符形状。数以千计的中王国晚期圣甲虫带有官员的名字和头衔，他们会将它们作为护身符佩戴，但也可以用来密封文件、容器或门。然而，圣甲虫的主要功能仍然是保护护身符。一些铭文在主人的名字上增加了一个葬礼绰号，表明护身符是在主人去世后制造的。这只圣甲虫上精心制作的铭文提到了皇家计数室的大厅管理员 Ay 的名字和头衔。他的名字后面有一个葬礼绰号，铭文提到了对普塔神的祭品，表明艾伊已经去世。
介绍（英）	Administrative changes during Dynasty 12 lead to an increase in bureaucracy and, subsequently, in the production and use of seals. This is reflected in the beginning of the mass production of scarabs, the most popular shape for amulets, in late Dynasty 12 through Dynasty 13 (ca. 1850-1640 B.C.). Thousands of these late Middle Kingdom scarabs bear the names and titles of officials, who would wear them as amulets, but who could also use them to seal documents, containers or doors. However, the scarabs’ primary function remained that of a protective amulet. Several inscriptions add a funerary epithet to the owner’s name, indicating that the amulet was manufactured after the owner had passed away. The elaborate inscription on this scarab mentions the name and title of Ay, the hall-keeper of the royal counting house. A funerary epithet follows his name, and the inscription mentions an offering to the god Ptah, indicating that Ay is deceased.