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Amulet in the Form of a Lion-Headed Goddess

Amulet in the Form of a Lion-Headed Goddess

Amulet in the Form of a Lion-Headed Goddess

Artist: EGYPTIAN, LATE PERIOD
Date: 664-332 BCE
Medium: Egyptian faience, blue-green color
Dimensions:
Height 10 cm.
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Musuem collection
Object number: 1976.44.15
DescriptionEgyptian faience, blue-green with shiny glaze. Amulet in the form of a lion-headded goddess seated on a throne. Facial features are feline, with a broadened forehead and a flat, elongated snout. Outer sides of throne are worked out in open-work technique and painted black.
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