A VINTAGE/ANCIENT? HAND CARVED STONE SCARAB AMULET - REPRESENTATION OF EGYPTIAN GOD KHEPRI

KHEPRI WAS A SCARAB-FACED GOD IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION AND WORSHIPPED AS ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF RA, THE SUN GOD. HE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RISING SUN AND THUS WITH REBIRTH AND REGENERATION.

PRIMARILY AMULETS, THEY WERE ALSO INSCRIBED FOR USE AS SEALS OR INCORPORATED INTO JEWELLERY AND THE SMALL NATURALISTIC ONES (TYPICALLY 2-3CM LONG LIKE THIS ONE) OFTEN FORMED PART OF A BATTERY OF AMULETS WHICH PROTECTED THE MUMMIES.

THIS HAND CARVED STONE SCARAB IS 2CM X 1CM X 1CM.  UNFORTUNATELY I AM NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE ON ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ARTIFACTS SO CANNOT SAY WHETHER THIS IS AN ANTIQUITY OR NOT - IT CERTAINLY LOOKS SIMILAR TO ONES I HAVE FOUND ON THE INTERNET THAT WERE CARVED FROM STEATITE STONE (A SOFT STONE),  AND THEN FIRED WHICH THEN HARDENED THE STONE. THIS ONE IS DEFINITELY HAND CARVED FROM STONE AND LOOKS OLD.