Amulet

Museum number:
5-7381
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Amulet. blue faience grotesque figure of crocodile with arms and looped tail. Height. 4.04 cm. Length. 1.58 cm. Depth 7.2 mm. This isn’t a crocodile. Looks like a snake with arms. Nehebka p.49 Petrie amulets probably one of the 42 judges of the dead of the underworld.
Donor:
Kathryn G. Overstreet
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Egypt unknown
Collector:
Roy Overstreet
Collection date:
before 1968
Materials:
Faience (composite material)
Person depicted:
Nehebka (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amulets
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-7381, described as Amulet. blue faience grotesque figure of crocodile with arms and looped tail. Height. 4.04 cm. Length. 1.58 cm. Depth 7.2 mm. This isn’t a crocodile. Looks like a snake with arms. Nehebka p.49 Petrie amulets probably one of the 42 judges of the dead of the underworld.

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