Object Number: Ha6200

Collection: World Archaeology - Egyptology

Object Name: amulet

Description: 5 amulets, all small, made of mint/pale green faience. They are all moulded in the form of Shu kneeling on one leg with arms bent at the elbows, raised above their heads holding up the sky. They all have small rectangular bases, and a pilaster at the back, which are pierced widthways. All have small beards and are roughly moulded. Two are more yellowish pale green and hols a semicircular object above their heads. One of these is slightly darker and has smaller facial features. The other three are smaller. One is mint green and appears to hold no object above its head. The pilaster only goes two thirds of the way up at the back. One is pale green, slightly shiny and has a smal rectangular object on its head. The other seems to be beige coloured, and holds an object in its hand, parallel with the top of its hands.It has a loop at the back which is pierced. It is not pierced through the pilaster as the other 4.

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