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Amulet of Sekhmet
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Height: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.2039
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionFaience; greenish blue color; traces of glaze; walking figure of Sekhmet holding papyrus sceptre; surface pitted; piece missing from top of head.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.