Amulet
29-70-21
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display
From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | 29-70-21 |
| Current Location | Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display - On Display |
| Provenience | Egypt | Mit-Rahineh |
| Locus | 200.20 |
| Period | Late Period | Twenty-Sixth Dynasty |
| Date Made | 570-526 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Gold |
| Technique | Cast |
| Iconography | Inheret |
| Description | Cast gold amulet of Inheret striding forward and raising a spear in his right hand as if to spear an enemy. His left hand holds the bottom of the spear. He wears a long kilt and a curled wig topped by two tall feathers. |
| Height | 3.6 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Depth | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920 |
| Other Number | M6253 - Field No SF |
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