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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Egyptian
Title:Amulet of a Son of Horus (lower part)
Date Made:1069-332 BCE (Dynasties 21-31)
Type:Adornment
Materials:Turquoise faience
Place Made:Africa; Asia; Egypt
Measurements:: 1 3/8 x 5/8 x 3/16 in.; 3.4925 x 1.5875 x .4763 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1910.10.6.A.K
Credit Line:Purchase with Acquisition Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Lower legs and feet of flat-plaque amulet showing a mummiform figure of a Son of Horus, with stitching hole at bottom for sewing onto mummy wrappings. Such amulets came in sets of four, for the four sons of Horus who guarded the deceased.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; deities; deities; religion; jewelry

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