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圣甲虫与年轻太阳神凯布利每天的重生有关，因此在葬礼中扮演着重要角色。在这个例子中，圣甲虫的身体符合通常的圣甲虫；眼睛和头部深深地刻在五凹槽盾牌上（盾基）。上身的第一节（前胸）和翅膀（鞘翅）由刻线隔开，腿（胫骨）在侧面，藏在身体下面。正如所料，这只心形圣甲虫没有钻孔，底座上也没有铭文。
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，即在最后的审判中，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。
许多心形圣甲虫都刻有《亡灵书》第 30B 章的部分或全部内容；这是对死者的母亲伊西斯的祈祷，祈求死者在奥西里斯面前接受审判时不要作伪证。《亡灵书》还指示，心形圣甲虫应由nemhef石制成，这种石已被鉴定为绿色碧玉、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，所以重量合适的心形圣甲虫对死者有利。
参考文献： Andrews, Carol, 1994.《古埃及护身符》，第 4 章：活体圣甲虫和葬礼圣甲虫，第 50-59 页，Andrews, Carol，1993 年出版，德克萨斯大学出版社。
参见：大都会艺术博物馆，收藏编号 15.3.217。
状况：右上方有一小块碎片，其余部分完好且整体状况良好。
尺寸：长度：4.5 厘米（1 3/4 英寸）
来源：澳大利亚私人收藏，1998 年从伦敦贸易中购得。
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