aegis

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Object Type
Museum number: EA11057
Description: Solid-cast copper alloy aegis with two heads: Shu with a plumed headdress and Tefnut(leonine) wearing a uraeus and sun-disc; broad collar below extending into a counterpoise engraved with a representation of a seated goddess and a fish.
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Egypt
Materials
Technique: solid-cast; incised
Dimensions: Height: 12 centimetres; Width: 4.20 centimetres
Curator's comments: Published: Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt (1994): fig.40
Location: Not on display
Condition: fair (chipped)
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Shu; Representation of: Tefnet
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1879
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA11057
Registration number: 1879,1120.164
Conservation

Free entry