Amulet
29-70-20
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | 29-70-20 |
| Current Location | Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display - On Display |
| Provenience | Egypt | Mit-Rahineh |
| Locus | 200.20 |
| Period | Late Period | Twenty-Sixth Dynasty |
| Date Made | 570-526 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Gold | Electrum (uncertain) |
| Technique | Cast |
| Iconography | Montu |
| Description | Cast gold amulet of Montu, showing the god striding forward with his hands at his sides. Crown composed of a sun disk, double uraeus, and two tall plumes made separately. Suspension loop on back. |
| Height | 5.08 cm |
| Width | 1.27 cm |
| Depth | 1.27 cm |
| Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920 |
| Other Number | M6253 - Field No SF |
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