Aegis

E13001

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E13001
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt
Period Late Period
Date Made 664-332 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Bronze | Glass
Technique Inlaid
Iconography Goddess
Description

Bronze cult object in the form of an aegis topped by the head of a female deity. The goddess wears a long tripartite wig with a crown of hooded uraei. The top of the crown has a tenon for an additional element, now missing. Both eyes were originaly inlaid with glass, but only the proper left eye remains.

Height 17.3 cm
Width 17 cm
Depth 5.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Dillwyn Parrish, 1914
Other Number 27 - Collector Number

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