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Amulet of Re-Horakhty
Egyptian
Late Period, Dynasty 30
380–332 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Tanis (San el-Hagar)
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Height: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number85.533
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionThis amulet, made of dark green faience with spotted glaze, worn, represents a standing figure of the solar god Re-Horakhty. He is shown in his characteristic form of a male god with the head of a falcon wearing a sun disc and uraeus cobra on his head. This example is broken and mended at the top and the glaze has faded. There is a hole in the back pillar for suspension. It is part of a set comprised of 85.533-85.537.
ProvenanceFrom Tanis (San el-Hagar). 1884: excavated by William Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; October 28, 1885: presented to the MFA at EEF general meeting.
(Accession Date: March 1, 1885)
(Accession Date: March 1, 1885)