圣甲虫与神的形象Ptah和Sakhmet - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	圣甲虫与神的形象Ptah和Sakhmet
品名（英）	Scarab With an Image of the Gods Ptah and Sakhmet
入馆年号	1926年，26.7.458
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1295
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	长 2 厘米 (13/16 英寸)
介绍（中）	金龟子的形状像一只金龟子，"scarabaeus-sacer"，这也是它现代名字的来源。这种甲虫在古埃及语中是"kheperer"。在看到这些小生物推着巨大的粪球后，古埃及人将黎明时被推上天空的太阳比作甲虫，他们将冉冉升起的太阳称为"Kheperi"。"成为"或"产生"的单词是"kheper"，甲虫象形文字用于拼写所有这些单词。因此，圣甲虫成为了一个强大的护身符，可以在今生复活，在来生转世。圣甲虫的底座上刻有Ptah手持权杖和Sakhmet在他身后的站立图像。神面对着一根支撑着瑞·哈拉赫蒂的djed柱子。
介绍（英）	The scarab was 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 compared the sun being pushed into the sky at dawn to the 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. The scarab is inscribed on its base with a standing image of Ptah holding a was-scepter and with Sakhmet behind him. The god is facing a djed-pillar supporting Re-Harakhty.

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