This Egyptian Scarab is made of a hard, fine-grained black diorite or schist with a well-polished surface. The base of the scarab is inscribed with a verse from the 30th chapter of theBook of the Dead. The inscription reads:
Spell of the Osiris, Royal Scribe and Overseer of Expeditions
Kaher, True of Voice; he says "My heart of my mother!"
My heart of my mother! My heart of different Ages!
Do not rise up as a witness against me before the Keeper of the Balance; Do not oppose me in the Great Court, for you are the ka [which was within my body] the protector..
