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aegis

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Description

Solid-cast copper alloy aegis with the head of Isis wearing a diadem of uraei surmounted by horns and a solar-disc - the headdress is possibly a modern addition, hawk-head collar terminals; eyes sunk for inlay (now lost); iron (?) tang.

Connections

Deities Isis

Cross-references (2)

  • BM-Object Y_EA64523 tier-2
  • BM-Registration 1946,1204.47 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan.
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.