2613-2181 BCE, Egyptian Stone Scarab,Dynasty Bead Seal
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2613-2181 BCE , Ancient Egyptian Glazed Stone Scarab, High Dynasty Bead Seal with Hieroglyph of Bennu and Anubis.
Like Atum and Ra, the Bennu was worshipped in their cult center at Heliopolis and so the seal would be from a person of high dynasty living there.
The old Kingdom lasted from approximately c. 2613-2181 BCE, 4th Dynasty, King Sneferu
Bennu who was a self-created being said to have played a role in creation with the sun representing Heliopolis the city of the sun.
Jackal at the top or the Anubis, also called Anpu, ancient Egyptian god of the dead, represented by a jackal or the figure of a man with the head of a jackal.
In the Early Dynastic period and the Old Kingdom, he enjoyed a preeminent (though not exclusive) position as lord of the dead, but he was later overshadowed by Osiris.
The old Kingdom lasted from approximately c. 2613-2181 BCE, 4th Dynasty, King Sneferu
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