amulet

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Object Type
Museum number: 1980,1214.15558
Description: Faience amulet with hieroglyphs on back pillar: figure of Bastet? or Sekhmet? as lion-headed woman, uraeus on top of head forming front of suspension loop; surface quite worn, appears mostly white but a few faint traces of blue glaze preserved.
Cultures/periods
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Lachish, Tomb 0218 Room A
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 2.10 centimetres (preserved); Width: 0.80 centimetres (preserved); Depth: 0.50 centimetres (preserved)
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: incomplete, much of legs missing, surface worn.
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Bastet (?); Representation of: Sekhmet (?)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1980
Acquisition notes: From the Wellcome-Marston expedition of 1932-1938.
Department: Middle East
Registration number: 1980,1214.15558
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: FN.4822

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