Scarab Inscribed with the Name Pedubaste (Pa-di-Bastet)
Egyptian personal names beginning with Padi combined with the name of a deity are known from the Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1070-664 B.C.) and later. Such a name would ensure you had the protection of that god or goddess.
The hieroglyphs on this scarab form the personal name Pedubaste (Pa-di-Bastet). Numerous Pedubaste scarabs dating to the Third Intermediate Period and Late Period (ca. 1070-525 B.C.) have been found in Egypt, throughout the Levant and the Mediterranean region, as far away as Carthage and Portugal. Pedubaste is a name associated with several local rulers in the Delta during the Third Intermediate Period and into Dynasty 26. Given the large number of scarabs bearing this name – compared to scarabs with the names of the contemporary pharaohs of Dynasties 22 to 26 (ca. 945-525 B.C.) – it is more likely that such scarabs record a popular non-royal personal name of that period. Not surprisingly given our knowledge of this period, some were manufactured outside Egypt.
The hieroglyphs on this scarab form the personal name Pedubaste (Pa-di-Bastet). Numerous Pedubaste scarabs dating to the Third Intermediate Period and Late Period (ca. 1070-525 B.C.) have been found in Egypt, throughout the Levant and the Mediterranean region, as far away as Carthage and Portugal. Pedubaste is a name associated with several local rulers in the Delta during the Third Intermediate Period and into Dynasty 26. Given the large number of scarabs bearing this name – compared to scarabs with the names of the contemporary pharaohs of Dynasties 22 to 26 (ca. 945-525 B.C.) – it is more likely that such scarabs record a popular non-royal personal name of that period. Not surprisingly given our knowledge of this period, some were manufactured outside Egypt.
Artwork Details
- Title: Scarab Inscribed with the Name Pedubaste (Pa-di-Bastet)
- Period: Third Intermediate Period–Late Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 21–27
- Date: ca. 1070–404 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Faience
- Dimensions: L. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904
- Object Number: 04.2.689
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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