aegis

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Object Type: aegis
Museum number: EA38225
Description: Part of a solid-cast copper alloy aegis decorated with an incised representation of a Horus falcon with the double crown surrounded by papyrus flowers; plain back; frontal ridge.
Cultures/periods: Late Period (?); Ptolemaic (?)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt)
Materials: copper alloy
Technique: solid-cast; incised
Dimensions: Height: 8.90 centimetres; Width: 11.60 centimetres
Location: Not on display
Condition: incomplete and corroded
Subjects: ancient egyptian deity
Associated names: Representation of: Horus
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Rev Greville John Chester
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA38225
Registration number: 1881,0614.119
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: BS.2753.a (Birch Slip Number)

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