British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · jewelry

amulet

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Accession: 1885,1101.43
Period: Late Period
Date: 500 BC - 350 BC (probably late 5th - early 4th century)
Date range: 500 BCE – 350 BCE
Materials: ['steatite']
Height: 2.8 cm
Repository: British Museum
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British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan, amulet (1885,1101.43). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/52806

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Description

Amulet in beige steatite, in the shape of a standing falcon, maybe associated with the god Horus; wearing a headdress, the double crown (pschent); traces of gilding on face and in hollows of carving; very accurate modelling, with finely detailed crown, neat face with small eyes, feathers behind legs shown with vertical striations, tail shown with two central… View more about description

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Deities Horus

Cross-references (2)

BM-Object Y_EA27531 tier-2
BM-Registration 1885,1101.43 tier-2

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