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Pectoral with Female Worshiper and Anubis on Shrine

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Accession: 42.89
Dynasty: 21st-22nd Dynasty
Date: 1070-730 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)
Date range: 1070 BCE – 730 BCE
Materials: ['steatite, orginally glazed']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Pectoral with Female Worshiper and Anubis on Shrine (42.89). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220967

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Description

<p>A glazed steatite pectoral with incised design. On the front a woman wearing a perfume cone worships the jackal god Anubis resting on a shrine. Above him are two hieroglyphic signs: the "udjat" for protection and a collar signifying "gold." On the back a "djed" pillar (meaning eternity) is flanked by two "tjet" signs, (meaning protection) symbolizing also Osiris between Isis and Nephthys.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.89' rel='external'>Pectoral with Female Worshiper and Anubis on Shrine</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Osiris Isis Anubis Nephthys

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Walters-AccNum 42.89 tier-2
Walters-id 21603 tier-2

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