<em>Heart Amulet Surmounted by a Ram's Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E. or later. Faience, 2 1/4 x 15/16 in. (5.8 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.887E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.887E_front_PS2.jpg)

Heart Amulet Surmounted by a Ram's Head, 664–525 B.C.E. or later. Faience, 2 1/4 x 15/16 in. (5.8 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.887E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.887E_front_PS2.jpg)

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Heart Amulet Surmounted by a Ram's Head

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Faience

Place Made: Egypt

DATES 664–525 B.C.E. or later

DYNASTY Dynasty 26, or later

PERIOD Late Period

DIMENSIONS 2 1/4 x 15/16 in. (5.8 x 2.4 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.887E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Light green faience heart amulet surmounted by a ram's head crowned with a sun-disk and a uraeus. The details of the heart are given in incised lines. There is a loop behind the sun-disk. Condition: The piece is complete except for small chips on the sun disk, left horn, and lower part of the heart. the color has faded to white on the shoulder of the heart.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Heart Amulet Surmounted by a Ram's Head, 664–525 B.C.E. or later. Faience, 2 1/4 x 15/16 in. (5.8 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.887E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.887E_front_PS2.jpg)

IMAGE front, 37.887E_front_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009

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