bead;
amulet;
pendant
- Museum number
- 2013,5016.26
- Description
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Five glazed composition (faience) items, three mould-made amulets/pendants and two rod-formed beads: (a) seated Isis nursing Horus (head of goddess missing); (b) double-sided Ptah-Pataikos amulet (four perforations through front); (c) head of a pendant (possibly Ptah-Pataikos, poorly preserved); (d) elongated bead in the form of a seed, ridged sides; (e) flat biconical bead with incised lines on both sides radiating from centre. All covered with a blue-green glaze.
- Production date
- 750 BC-300 BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 1.70 centimetres (e)
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Height: 2.40 centimetres (a)
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Height: 1.10 centimetres (b)
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Height: 0.60 centimetres (c)
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Length: 3 centimetres (d)
- Curator's comments
- See Clerc 1991, 50-143 for a survey of Egyptianising amulets from more recent excavations at Amathus and a discussion of the iconographic types. Also Karageorghis et al. 1976, 117-164 for similar items from Kition.
Bibliography:
Clerc G. 1991, 'Aegyptiaca', in eds. V. Karageorghis et al., La nécropole d'Amathonte. Tombes 110-385. V (Nicosia), 1-159.
Karageorghis V. et al. 1976, Fouilles de Kition II. Objets égyptiens et égyptisants (Nicosia).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1893-1896?
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 2013,5016.26