Faience amulet of Re-Horakhty
Faience amulet, [hawk-headed deity] with [sun] disc (Re-Horakhty).
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- EMC_JE_53952
- Alternate IDs
- EMC_JE_53952; JE_53952; HUMFA_29-4-268b; 29-4-268b; EMC_SR_7/5348; SR_7/5348
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Entry Date
- 04/19/1929, 04/20/1929
- Title
- Faience amulet of Re-Horakhty
- Medium
- Faience
- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Provenance
- Pit G 7652 A, room I
- Notes
- Two such amulets originally registered as HUMFA_29-4-268b; now in collection of Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_53952 and EMC_JE_53953).
- Remarks
- These amulets depict a striding hawk-headed male deity, wearing a solar disc on his head. It probably represents the solar god Re-Horakhty.