Horus Amulet

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Object Details

Donor Name

Harold N. Cox

Site Name

Luxor

Notes

From card: "Hawk with loop for suspension on back of head. Dark green faience." Associated with mummy (126790).

From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Horus amulet, 664-525 B.C. Horus takes the form of a falcon on this amulet. A manifestation of the king, Horus means "the distant one."

Record Last Modified

7 Jul 2017

Specimen Count

Culture

Ptolemaic Period

Accession Date

23 May 1957

Accession Number

215032

USNM Number

A419612-0

Object Type

Amulet

Place

Qena, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa

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Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Archaeology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3848b1c95-ea90-412b-973c-5ddbe659ffb2

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8168467