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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
Faïence Amulet
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.

Faïence Amulet

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 736-333 B.C.
MediumFaïence
DimensionsOverall: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
ClassificationsEgyptian
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number77.860C
Terms
  • Funerary objects
  • Religion
  • Turquoise
  • Green
On View
Not on view
DescriptionOne of five faience amulets. Figure of a man with an ibis head, recognizable at its long bent beak. He is standing, his arms along his body. He's wearing the traditional short loin-cloth of the gods.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
ca. 736 - 333 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 736 - 333 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Late Period, ca. 730-333 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
3rd Intermediate Period, Dynasty 23 (ca. 818-715 B.C.)
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 736 - 333 B.C.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.
Unknown
3rd Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21-22, 1069-715 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1069-664 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Late Period, ca. 730-333 B.C.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.
Unknown
ca. 736-333 B.C.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.