Human-headed heart scarabs were made since the second Intermediate Period (left example) and very naturalistically depicted funerary scarabs in faience or hard stones are of the Late Period (right example). The latter are falcon-, ram- or bull-headed of unsure significance and were placed in groups on the chest of mummies1
Human-headed green jasper heart scarab repaired H 5.3 Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 13 Bonham’s Antiquities lot 76, 13 October 2006
Carnelian falcon-headed, damaged
L 2.2, W 1.4, H 0.9
Late Period Art market
Reference
1Andrews C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, 1994, p. 59 and Figs. 59a,b,c