Amulet

29-83-274

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 29-83-274
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Locus Niche in wall (surface debris wall) 510
Section Egyptian
Materials Faience
Iconography Ptah Pataikos
Description

Light green glaze. Ptah Pataikos standing on two crocodiles; a Horus falcon on each shoulder; a scarabeous beetle on top of head; at either side a female deity. right side Nephthys and at his left apparently Isis. The back of the amulet is in the form of an oval-topped stela on which is incised crudely by hand (not molded apparently) a figure of Sekhmet(?) Isis(?)

Height 8.2 cm
Width 4.1 cm
Thickness 2.1 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920
Other Number M11865 - Field No SF

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