Amulet / Faience

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Object Identifier
1981.05.0088
Object Name
Amulet
Object Type
Amulets
Materials
Faience
Weight
4.83g
Pierced
no
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Amulet of Isis, Nephthys, and Horus. Isis (right) and Nephthys (left) hold hands, with Isis's son Horus between them. Faience; 3.1 cm h., 1.7 cm w., 0.7 cm d. (Death Dogs, Wilfong).
Subjects
Isis, Horus, Nepthys
Earliest Date
332 BCE
Latest Date
30 BCE
Verbatim Date
332 - 30 BC
Verbatim Provenance
Egypt
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt: from Prehistory to Late Antiquity
Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt (exhibit)
Exhibition Curator
Wilfong, Terry
Exhibition Year
2015
Publication Title
Women and gender in ancient Egypt : from prehistory to late antiquity : an exhibition at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 14 March-15 June 1997
Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt
Publication Author
Wilfong, Terry
Wilfong, T.G.
Publication Year
1997
2015
Class Title
Gender & Society in Ancient Egypt
Frankel Institute Fellows Object Discussion
Mummies, Myth, and Magic: Ancient and Modern Narratives of Egypt
Ancient Egypt: Religion and Culture (F2018)
The Mediterranean (W2019)
Anthropology and Middle East Studies Workshop
Gender and Society in Ancient Egypt (F2019)
Class Instructor
Wilfong, Terry
Neis, Rafe
Davis, Katherine
Das, Aileen
Chatterjee, Paroma
Mays, Devi
Ikram, Salima
Wilfong, Terry G.
Class Department
Near Eastern Studies
History
NEAREAST
MIDEAST
CLCIV
Class Number
441
N/A
295.002
240.001
253
441.001
Class Year
2017
2018
2019
Class Semester
Fall
Winter
Type Category
Artifact

Technical Details

Record
1981.05.0088
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