Object Number: Ha6176

Collection: World Archaeology - Egyptology

Object Name: amulet

Description: Two faience (?) (now brown) cat headed goddesses, both standing. The taller amulet has roughly moulded cat like features and one pointed ear, her hair down either side of her face. She stands with one leg forward, her feet and the base missing. Both arms are placed down by her side. The other amulet is shorter and stouter. She has roughly moulded cat like features on her face, and the body of a women, with both arms down by her side, and standing with one leg forward. She has fatter thighs than the other figure, and stands on a small rectangular base. There is a pilaster at the back (part missing at the top). There is a small hole pierced widthways through the side of the pilaster near the knees.

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