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Magical wand of ivory of hippopotamus tusk with images depicting deities and protective spirits to ward off evil spirits. To provide magical protection for mother and child. 1750 BC. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. From Thebes. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.
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Caption:
Magical wand of ivory of hippopotamus tusk with images depicting deities and protective spirits to ward off evil spirits. To provide magical protection for mother and child. 1750 BC. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. From Thebes. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.
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Album / Prisma
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Image size:
4364 x 2793 px | 34.9 MB
Print size:
36.9 x 23.6 cm | 14.5 x 9.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
12 DINASTIA • 12 • 12TH DYNASTY • 1750 BC • 1750BC • 18TH BCE • 18TH CENTURY B. C. • ADOLESCENCE • AMULET • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT ART • ANCIENT EGYPT • ANIMAL: LION • ANIMAL: SNAKE • APOTROPAIC WAND • ARCHAEOL. SITE: LUXOR-THEB. • ART • ARTS • BC BC BC • BEETLE • BOOMERANG • BOYS • BRITISH MUSEUM • CARVED • CHILDHOOD • CHILDREN • CITY OF LONDON • CURVED • DEITY • DIVINITIES • DIVINITY • DOCTRINE • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTIANS • EVIL SPIRITS • FAITH • FROG • GOD OF PROTECTION • GODHEAD • GODS • GOOD-LUCK CHARM • GREAT BRITAIN • GUARDIAN • HIPOPOTAMO • HIPPO • HIPPOPOTAMUS • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • IMAGES • INFANT • IVORY • KEEP WARM • KID • LATE MIDDLE KINGDOM • LEGEND • LEO • LEON • LION • LIONS • LITTLE GIRL • LONDON • LUXOR • LUXOR-THEBES • LUXOR-THEBES, EGYPT • MAGIC AMULET • MAGIC WAND • MAGIC • MAGICAL • MAGICIAN • MIDDLE KINGDOM • MOTHER • MUM • OBJECT • OBJECTS • OFFSPRING • OLD OLD OLD OLD STORY SEASON • PROTECT • PROTECTION • PROTECTIVE • PROTECTOR • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • REPTILE: SNAKE • RITE • ROD • SNAKE SNAKE • SNAKE • SNAKES • SPIRIT • SPIRITS • TALISMAN • TEBAS • THÈBES • TUSK • UK • UMBRELLA • VARA • WAND • WARD OFF • YOUTH
