Amulet
29-70-21
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | 29-70-21 |
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 |
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. |
Height | 3.6 cm |
Width | 1.3 cm |
Depth | 0.7 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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