ref.: "Seti I objects" by Marianne Luban, October 18, 2000
When I wrote my message yesterday about Seti I and his vanished treasure, I
completely forgot something, the existence of which had once surprised me
very much. His "heart-scarab"! At least that was the description of this
object given by a large antiquities firm with offices in "London, New York
and Los Angeles" in their ad in Minerva Magazine, a UK archaeological
publication. When I wrote to the firm for a catalogue containing a more
detailed description of this scarab, hopefully with inscription, I was told
that there were no more catalogues available. Needless to say, I did not
offer a bid for the "heart scarab" of Seti I, reasoning that, if it is
genuine, it would be worth far beyond what I could afford. Don't ask me the
name of the antiquities vendor or even the issue of Minerva, because I can
recall neither. However, I did find the object to be such an elegant one
that I cut it out of the magazine and saved the photo-- see above.
Marianne Luban