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One lapis lazuli amulet, [hawk-headed] Horus. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_54017
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7652 A, room I
  • Material
    Lapis lazuli
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_29-4-267m
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_7/4994
  • Date of Register Entry
    04/21/1929
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Remarks
    This amulet depicts a striding hawk-headed male deity. A number of Egyptian gods are portrayed as hawk-headed humans, making it difficult to identify those without distinguishing crowns.

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7652

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Institutions 1