Amulet

29-70-21

Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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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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