Faience amulet of Khnum
Faience amulet of [ram-headed] Khnum; green glaze.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_31-1-469
- Alternate IDs
- 31-1-469; HUMFA_31-1-469
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Entry Date
- 01/29/1931
- Title
- Faience amulet of Khnum
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 3.1 cm Width: 1 cm Thickness: 1 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 7832, debris
- Notes
- never accessioned; sold to Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Remarks
- This amulet depicts a striding ram-headed male deity. Egypt had multiple ram gods and it is often difficult to identify which one is intended. This god may be Khnum, the patron deity of Elephantine (modern Aswan) or Harsaphes, the patron of Heracleopolis.