Horus Amulet

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Donor Name
Harold N. Cox
Site Name
Luxor
From card: "Hawk with loop for suspension on back of head. Dark green faience." Associated with mummy (126790).
From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Horus amulet, 664-525 B.C. Horus takes the form of a falcon on this amulet. A manifestation of the king, Horus means "the distant one."
Record Last Modified
7 Jul 2017
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Ptolemaic Period
Accession Date
23 May 1957
Accession Number
215032
USNM Number
A419612-0
Object Type
Amulet
Place
Qena, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
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Anthropology
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Archaeology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8168467
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3848b1c95-ea90-412b-973c-5ddbe659ffb2

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