<em>Amulet in Form of a Lion-Headed Aegis</em>, 664–30 B.C.E. Faience, 2 1/4 x 1 7/16 in. (5.7 x 3.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.401. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.401_front_PS9.jpg)

Amulet in Form of a Lion-Headed Aegis

Medium: Faience

Dates:664–30 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 2 1/4 x 1 7/16 in. (5.7 x 3.7 cm)

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Accession Number: 16.401

Image: 16.401_front_PS9.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Pale blue-green faience amulet in form of aegis surmounted by head of Sakhmet (?) in profile facing right. Attached to lower part of aegis is an (incomplete) menat. Details of head duplicated on back, remainder plain. Condition: Poor. Top of head missing. Lower portion of menat missing. Glaze worn.

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