Faience amulet of Re-Horakhty
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 SW trench 31, street G 7200, street G 7000, G 7070, G 7000 SW 34, G 7000 SW 8, Isis Temple, G 7141, street G 7100, avenue G 3, G 7156, G 7142
Faience amulet of Horus with sun disc (Re-Horakhty); yellow glaze, pilaster at back, pierced for suspension.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_26-1-215
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_26-1-215; 26-1-215
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Entry Date
- 01/06/1926
- Title
- Faience amulet of Re-Horakhty
- Medium
- Faience
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Isis temple, room P
- Remarks
- This amulet depicts a striding hawk-headed male deity, wearing a solar disc on his head. It probably represents the solar god Re-Horakhty.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified