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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 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
ClassificationsEgyptian
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number77.860D
Terms
  • Funerary objects
  • Religion
  • Turquoise
  • Green
On View
Not on view
DescriptionOne of five faïence amulets. Badly made figurine of a seated woman with long hair. She is crowned with cow-horns framing a sun-disk that are broken in the middle. On her lap she carries a bundle-shaped figure that she's holding to her left breast.

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.
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.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
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-2007.
Unknown
Late Period, ca. 730-333 B.C.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Ptolemaic Period, 170-116 B.C.E.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.
Unknown
ca. 736-333 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
No Date
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664-525 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Late Period, Dynasty 26, 656-525 B.C.E.