SCARABS

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SCARABS and Scarab Jewelry


My mom has a scarab bracelet that my dad

gave her back in the seventies-- she still

wears it.


I know scarabs held some significance to the ancient

Egyptians or Sumerians, and it wasn't uncommon to

find engravings on the underside of the stones-- what

I'm curious about are the etchings on these stones.


Most are inscribed with IX IXI... I'm familiar with

IXI (or IXXI as Saturn)-- but I'm not familiar with the

others:


_\|/_ ... that's on the back of the lapis stone.

The only thing that doesn't seem to be a reference

to time.

On the back of the jasper is III with a / through

them- like one would count days maybe?

Will post pics if that will help 🙂


Any ideas on meanings?

Okay... give me a few minutes. 😄

Here...






The jade and carnelian etchings (onyx and tigereye also have this)





The jasper I'm clueless about





And the Lapis





Still... it's a beautiful piece. 🙂

Hmm... I was a little off on those symbols, too.

Looks more like an arrow in the jasper, and it's not

at an angle-- and the lapis only has three prongs.



Glad you had me post, bd.