amulet;
figure
- Description
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Mould-made amuletic figure in glazed composition, representing a falcon-headed deity, possibly Ra-Horakhty or Horus; with a human body striding, arms by his sides, abbuted to a back pillar; wearing a shendyt short kilt, a wig topped by a headdress in shape of a sun-disc with uraeus in front; simplified modelling with bit crude features and some incised details for kilt and marked belly button; back pillar pierced widthways for suspension, behind chest; bright turquoise blue glaze well preserved; brownish core; broken off below knees.
- Production date
- 6thC BC - 4thC BC (possibly)
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.50 centimetres
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Width: 1.30 centimetres
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Depth: 1.18 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Object owned and held by City Art Gallery and Museum, Bristol. This record is included in the British Museum database as part of the Museum’s Naukratis Project, a research collaboration that aims to virtually re-unite finds from the ancient port city of Naukratis, now distributed over 80 museums worldwide.
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Amulets representing a hieracocephal male figure can refer to various Egyptian deities (topped with sun-disc and uraeus particularly Horakhty, a specific solar form of Horus known as 'Horus of the Horizon': Andrews 1994, 29).
For another amulet from Naukratis representing a hieracocephal deity, but wearing a double-crown: Boston, Museum of Fine Arts RES.86.313.
On amulets of falcon-headed deities see: Andrews 1994, 27-30; Herrmann et al. 2010, 61-63 (type 26).
Andrews, C. 1994, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London.
Herrmann, C., Staubli, T., Berger-Lober, S., Keel, O., Schönbächler, G. 2010, 1001 Amulett : altägyptischer Zauber, monotheisierte Talismane, säkulare Magie, Bibel+Orient-Museum, Liebefeld, Stuttgart.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair, though incomplete
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: H1030 (Accession Number)
