Amulet
Object Number:
29-70-21
Current Location:
Collections storage
Provenience:
Egypt
Mit-Rahineh
Locus:
200.20
Period:
Late Period
Twenty-Sixth Dynasty
Date Made:
570BC-526 BC
Early Date:
-571
Late Date:
-525
Section:
Egyptian
Materials:
Gold
Technique:
Cast
Iconography:
Inheret
Description:
Cast gold amulet of Inheret striding forward and raising a spear in his right hand as if to spear an enemy. His left hand holds the bottom of the spear. He wears a long kilt and a curled wig topped by two tall feathers.
Credit Line:
Coxe Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt (1915-1920)
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997)
Bibliography:
[Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 53
[Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 53
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