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  • Ubekendt, THM H 16

Amulet in the shape of Shu kneeling with the sun-disc

  • 664 BC - 525 BC
  • Amulet
  • Location

    • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Upper Floor > Room 35
  • H16
  • H16
  • Thorvaldsen's Collections > Collection of Antiquities (H)

    • Clay > Egyptian faience

Dimension

  • Height 3.7 cm
  • Jewelry / Goldsmith Art / Silversmith Art
  • Egyptian > Late Period > 26th Dynasty (664 BC - 525 BC)
    • Thorvaldsens Museum
    • Bequest from Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • March 24, 1844
  • https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/H16

Sources / Literature

    • Ludvig Müller: Fortegnelse over Oldsagerne i Thorvaldsens Museum (H), 1847, 16
    • Carol Andrews: Amulets of Ancient Egypt, 1994, p. 19, fig. 11e

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