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)] (exactly like 26-1-215, but light green glaze instead of yellow, from same necklace ?).
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_26-1-302
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_26-1-302; 26-1-302
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Entry Date
- 01/08/1926
- Title
- Faience amulet of Re-Horakhty
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 3.3 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Street G 7000], surface debris E of subsidiary pyramid G I-c, S of Isis temple, room R
- 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