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Vulture

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Accession: 57.1427
Dynasty: 26th-30th Dynasty
Date: 664-332 BCE (Late Period)
Date range: 664 BCE – 332 BCE
Materials: ['silver']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Vulture (57.1427). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220999

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<p>A cast silver pendant in the shape of a vulture representing the goddess Mut or Nekhbet. Eyes and beak are indicated by incision. The lines marking the lower feathers are carelessly incised. The surface has deteriorated. The suspension loop on the shoulders has broken off.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1427' rel='external'>Vulture</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Nekhbet

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Walters-AccNum 57.1427 tier-2
Walters-id 33870 tier-2

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