Faience amulet of Khnum
Faience amulet of [ram-headed] Khnum; green glaze. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1
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- ID
- HUMFA_31-1-469
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
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- Findspot
- Mastaba G 7832, debris
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- Material
- Faience
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- Dimensions
- Height: 3.1 cm Width: 1 cm Thickness: 1 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- In the collection of: Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (62.19.25)
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- Date of Register Entry
- 01/29/1931
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- Notes
- never accessioned; sold to Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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- Remarks
- This amulet depicts a striding ram-headed male deity. Egypt had multiple ram gods and it is often difficult to identify which one is intended. This god may be Khnum, the patron deity of Elephantine (modern Aswan) or Harsaphes, the patron of Heracleopolis.
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery