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THE KA ON SCARABS
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THE KA ON SCARABS
by
Alice Grenfell
Classes of Scarabs dealt with :.
X lj ^a ne^er Scarabs (officiais and ladies).
2. J^U, etc. (Spirals).
3. ^ Reliquary Scarabs.
4. '" The Glorified on Scarabs.
Aàkhu bird Scarabs. -
6. Bennu bird Scarabs.
7. jet and % jet neb Scarabs.
8- U Q <=U==:| Ka Rannut Scarabs.
9. Amen ka Scarabs.
10. ^ r-^-i Neter hotep and ^ |-l Per /eru Scarabs.
The numbers in brackets (1) refer to the scarabs figured on Plates I, II and III.
THE KA ON SCARABS
« Le peu que nous avons d'être nous
cache la vue de l'infini. » (Pascal.)
Most of the scarabs published in this article are rare; some are unique.
Many important scarabs are buried in private Collections ; impressions or photo-
graphs of them are very difficult to get. It would require to search through at least
15,000 scarabs, scaraboids, cowroids, ring-bezels, inscribed amulets, stamps, plaques,
sealings, etc., to amass the small number of amuletic Ka-designs here figured (42).
I am especially indebted to the very rich Collection of Mr. R. H. Blanchard, of
Cairo, for spécimens of unique designs ; to his generosity, and to Professor Flinders
Petrie's generosity,.-
It is remarkable that ail Egyptologists have neglected the study of scarabs when
writing on the Ka. Seyeral distinguished Egyptologists during the XXth Century
have written on the Ka :
(1) Amélineau : L'Idée d'âme dans l'ancienne Egypte, in L'Initiation, Nos 8 and
9,1902.
77
THE KA ON SCARABS
by
Alice Grenfell
Classes of Scarabs dealt with :.
X lj ^a ne^er Scarabs (officiais and ladies).
2. J^U, etc. (Spirals).
3. ^ Reliquary Scarabs.
4. '" The Glorified on Scarabs.
Aàkhu bird Scarabs. -
6. Bennu bird Scarabs.
7. jet and % jet neb Scarabs.
8- U Q <=U==:| Ka Rannut Scarabs.
9. Amen ka Scarabs.
10. ^ r-^-i Neter hotep and ^ |-l Per /eru Scarabs.
The numbers in brackets (1) refer to the scarabs figured on Plates I, II and III.
THE KA ON SCARABS
« Le peu que nous avons d'être nous
cache la vue de l'infini. » (Pascal.)
Most of the scarabs published in this article are rare; some are unique.
Many important scarabs are buried in private Collections ; impressions or photo-
graphs of them are very difficult to get. It would require to search through at least
15,000 scarabs, scaraboids, cowroids, ring-bezels, inscribed amulets, stamps, plaques,
sealings, etc., to amass the small number of amuletic Ka-designs here figured (42).
I am especially indebted to the very rich Collection of Mr. R. H. Blanchard, of
Cairo, for spécimens of unique designs ; to his generosity, and to Professor Flinders
Petrie's generosity,.-
It is remarkable that ail Egyptologists have neglected the study of scarabs when
writing on the Ka. Seyeral distinguished Egyptologists during the XXth Century
have written on the Ka :
(1) Amélineau : L'Idée d'âme dans l'ancienne Egypte, in L'Initiation, Nos 8 and
9,1902.