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Hathor Amulet, Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, ca. 1086–332 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 2 9/16 x 9/16 x 1 1/8 in. (6.5 x 1.5 x 2.9 cm), In Ancient Egypt deities are often depicted as a combination of a human body and an animal head. Less frequently a human head was attached to the body of an animal, in this case a cobra. The cobra itself can be identified with different goddesses such as Wadjet, Hathor, Meretseger, Renenutet, Bastet, or Sakhmet.
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Hathor Amulet, Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, ca. 1086–332 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 2 9/16 x 9/16 x 1 1/8 in. (6.5 x 1.5 x 2.9 cm), In Ancient Egypt deities are often depicted as a combination of a human body and an animal head. Less frequently a human head was attached to the body of an animal, in this case a cobra. The cobra itself can be identified with different goddesses such as Wadjet, Hathor, Meretseger, Renenutet, Bastet, or Sakhmet
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Image size:
4082 x 4644 px | 54.2 MB
Print size:
34.6 x 39.3 cm | 13.6 x 15.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1086–332 B. C • 2 9/16 X 1 1/8 • 6.5 1.5 2.9 CM • ANCIENT • ANIMAL HEAD • ANIMAL • ANTIQUE • ATTACHED • BASTET • BODY • CADAVER • CASE • COBRA ITSELF • COBRA • COBRA, SNAKE • COBRAS • COMBINATION • CORPS • CORPSE • DEAD BODY • DEITIES • DEPICTED • DIFFERENT GODDESSES • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTIANS • FAIENCE • H • HATHOR AMULET • HATHOR • HUMAN BODY • IDENTIFIED • LESS FREQUENTLY • MERETSEGER • OLD • RENENUTET • SAKHMET • SNAKE: COBRA • THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD–LATE PERIOD • WADJET • ÇA
