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Snake Head Amulet

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Accession: 42.357
Dynasty: 18th-19th Dynasty
Date: 1550-1186 BCE (New Kingdom, 18th-19th dynasty)
Date range: 1550 BCE – 1186 BCE
Materials: ['carnelian']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Snake Head Amulet (42.357). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220804

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<p>Snake's head pendants were common amulets in the New Kingdom, and were usually attached to a necklace. They should protect its owner in this life and the after life. For a similar pendant see Walters 42.356.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.357' rel='external'>Snake Head Amulet</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Walters-AccNum 42.357 tier-2
Walters-id 34601 tier-2

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