Object Details
- Donor Name
- No Information
- NO NUMBER. EGYPTIAN CERAMIC FIGURINE, FEMALE? WITH LARGE HEADDRESS.
- Hathor plaque. Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan says could be modern; decoration on chest is a little odd. Hathor was patron goddess of miners, and associated with copper and turquoise. Many votive objects like this were left at temples and shrines to Hathor - lots of such in the Sinai and southern Israel, where copper and turquoise mines were. Hathor was worshipped as "Lady of Turquoise" in one mining region [Serabit el-Khadim, in Sinai?]. Small piece is not part of the Hathor plaque, it is an "aegis" - an amulet in the form of part of a counterpoise of a menat necklace [also related to worship of Hathor?]
- Record Last Modified
- 30 Jul 2020
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Ancient Egyptian
- Accession Date
- 1991
- Accession Number
- 999999
- USNM Number
- AT5569-0
- Object Type
- Figurine
- Place
- Egypt, Africa
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8325951
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c9bc0f00-13b1-470b-bbd7-dd6c6118cc74
