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Amulet of Horus the Child

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Accession: 42.222
Dynasty: 18th Dynasty
Date: 1550-1307 BCE (New Kingdom)
Date range: 1550 BCE – 1307 BCE
Materials: ['lapis lazuli']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Amulet of Horus the Child (42.222). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220552

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Description

<p>The god Horus-the-Child seated on a pillow, knees drawn up, is carved in relief on both sides of a thin piece of lapis lazuli. A perforation runs from the top of the head to the back of the skull.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.222' rel='external'>Amulet of Horus the Child</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Horus

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 42.222 tier-2
Walters-id 17114 tier-2

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