British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · other
aegis
Description
Copper alloy (solid-cast and corroded) aegis, with head of Pakhet (?), left side missing, lioness-headed, wearing wig, with uraeus (?) on forehead, broken, counterpoise at right angles behind head, hawk-headed collar terminals, surface badly corroded.
Cross-references (2)
- BM-Object Y_EA60226 tier-2
- BM-Registration 1839,0921.68 tier-2
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