amulet;
plaque
- Museum number
- EA11765
- Description
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Blue glazed composition amuletic plaque: human-headed Imsety is incised in profile into a blue-green glazed composition plaque. As usual, he is mummiform, bearded and wears a collar, but his wig is short and he holds extended before him the symbol of the west, the land of the dead. This takes the form of an osterich feather on a pole with a loop of material hanging from it. The amulet is pierced at head and foot for attachement to mummy wrappings.
- Production date
- 300BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 6.43 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.47 centimetres
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Width: 2.61 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Bibliography:
'Egyptian Treasures' [exhibition catalogue] (Shanghai, 1999), 148-150 No 45;
C. Andrews, 'Amulets of Ancient Egypt' (London 1994), p.46.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1848
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA11765
- Registration number
- 1848,0829.189
