amulet; plaque

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Object Type: amulet; plaque
Museum number: EA11765
Description: 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.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 300BC (circa)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Egypt
Materials
Technique: pierced; incised; glazed
Dimensions: Length: 6.43 centimetres; Thickness: 0.47 centimetres; 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.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: good
Subjects
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased through: Christie's; Purchased from: Edward James Andrews
Acquisition date: 1848
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA11765
Registration number: 1848,0829.189

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