Unknown
Six Amulets
Unknown, 2000
Scroll
Unknown
Six Amulets
Unknown, 2000
Physical Qualities
a) 3 L x 2 H x 0.4 D cm. b) 2.1 H x 0.7 W x 3.2 D cm. c) 4 H x 0.9 W x 1.2 D cm. d) 3.2 H x 0.9 W x 1.3 D cm. e) 2.2 H x 1.6 W x 0.4 D cm. f) 2.1 H x 1.1 W x 0.9 D cm.
Credit Line
The Baltimore Museum of Art
Object Number
AAO No #7
a) an eye; b&c) the goddess, Bastet, in her dual manifestations as b) a little cat (gentle), and as c) a lion-headed person (agressive). A deity would generally have an agressive and passive, dual nature. From the delta, at Bubastis (site); d) Taweret, the hippo goddess; e&f) the god, Bes. Per Betsy Bryan (JHU Professor of Egyptology) 9/10/98
Culture
Unknown
