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这只抛光的绿色蛇形心形圣甲虫代表着太阳神凯布利,是此类圣甲虫的杰出代表。其身体与圣甲虫相符;眼睛和头部深深地刻在五凹槽盾牌(基盾)上。上身的第一节(前胸)和翅膀(鞘翅)由精细、精心雕刻的线条隔开,腿(胫骨)位于侧面,藏在身体下方。正如预期的那样,这只心形圣甲虫没有钻孔。这是一件巨大而令人印象深刻的作品。
背景:圣心甲虫最早出现在第十三王朝,在死者的陪葬品中扮演着重要的角色。它不仅是魔法文本的媒介,也是自我生成和重生的象征。它为佩戴者提供了保证,在最后的审判中,他将被发现“言出必行”,并在神奥西里斯的统治下进入永恒的来世。
虽然此圣甲虫的底座是空白的,但许多圣甲虫都带有《亡灵书》第 30B 章的部分或全部内容,这是伊西斯之心的重要咒语,旨在阻止任何邪恶势力起来反对死者,防止在神圣的审判法庭前出现任何障碍,并确保死者在奥西里斯面前接受审判时,没有敌人会在天平守护者面前说他的坏话。《亡灵书》还指示,圣甲虫要用尼姆海夫石制成,这种石已被确定为绿碧玉、蛇纹石或玄武岩,并镶嵌在悬挂在脖子上的金槽中。看来,选择这块石头不仅是因为它的绿色,象征着生命、健康和再生,还因为它的重量。心脏的重量不能超过玛特的羽毛,所以一个重量合适的圣甲虫圣甲虫对死者有利。
参考文献: Andrews, Carol,1994 年。《古埃及护身符》,第 4 章:活体圣甲虫和葬礼圣甲虫,德克萨斯大学出版社,第 50-59 页
参见:大都会艺术博物馆,收藏编号 15.3.217。
展出时间:2022 年 6 月 - 2023 年 1 月:伍斯特艺术博物馆“尼罗河珠宝”,物品 E.19.22 (EGY.42),借阅编号:L173
状况:圣甲虫完好无损,整体状况极佳。堪称典范。
尺寸:长度:1 7/8 英寸(4.7 厘米)
来源:1997 年购自波士顿私人收藏(附有原始购买发票和真品证书)。
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